RokStories Module
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Created: 01 July 2009
Written by Super User
RokStories is a great module to display your articles and accompanying images as a featured item. The module itself is facilitated by Mootools to transition between images and articles seamlessly. Perfect for showcasing featured articles on your site, as seen on the frontpage.
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How do I configure RokStories?
We will take a quick look at the parameters you will find when you install this module. There are 4 columns, parameters, options, demo and description. The parameter column lists each available setting for the module; options lists the available options to choose from; demo lists the options chosen on the demo and description outlines what the module does.
Parameter
Show Title
Enabled
Position
Load inbuilt CSS
Layout Type
Content Type
Joomla Section
Joomla Category
Joomla Frontpage Items
K2 Category Filter
K2 Filter Select
K2 Featured Items
Item Image Size
Max # of Articles
Item Ordering
Allow HTML Tags
Content Position
Show Title
Show Date
Show Article
Show Link
Width of thumbs (px)
Width of display (px)
Authors
First Article
Thumbs Opacity
Navigation Interaction
Autoplay
Autoplay Delay
Show Label Title
Show Previews on Arrows
Fixed Previews
Linked Labels
Linked Images
Left Preview Offset X
Left Preview Offset Y
Right Preview Offset X
Right Preview Offset Y
Left Fixed Preview Offset X
Left Fixed Preview Offset Y
Right Fixed Preview Offset X
Right Fixed Preview Offset Y
Options
Yes : No
Yes : No
list of positions
Text Field
Showcase : Default
K2 : Joomla
list of sections
list of categories
Show : Hide : Only
All : Select
list of categories
Show : Hide : Only
XSmall - XLarge
Number Field
list of orders
Text Field
Left : Right : None
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Number Field
Number Field
list of authors
Number Field
Number Field
Click : Mouseover
Yes : No
Number Field
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Yes : No
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Number Field
Demo
No
Yes
showcase
leave blank
Showcase
Joomla
Demo Content
RokStories
Hide
All
all
Hide
Large
4
Default
a,i,br
Right
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
90
550
Anyone
0
0.3
Click
No
5000
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
-75
-105
-55
-105
-40
-100
-30
-100
Description
Enable/Disable the module header
Enable/Disable the module
Position of the module
Load inbuilt CSS
Choose the type of layout
Joomla or K2 for content items
Joomla section to load content
Joomla category to load content
Frontpage items loading control
Filter K2 categories
Choose K2 categories
Featured items control
Set size of item image
Max number of articles to load
Set the order of the articles
Allow certain HTML tags in the items
Position of the content
Show/Hide the article title
Show/Hide the article date
Show/Hide the article
Show/Hide the article link
Width of thumbnails
Width of large image
Set certain author's items
Select the first article
Transparency of the thumbs
Mode of interaction
Cycle through items automatically
Set the delay for automation
Show the label title
Show previews on arrows
Fix the previews
Link the labels
Link the images
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
Set the numeric offset for each preview
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