RokNewsFlash Module (J1.5/1.7)

RokNewsFlash is module to display snippets of an article. It can cycle through article titles or a predefined number of characters of an article, which are cycled automatically. The module supports navigation controls to override the automatic transitioning.

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Module Configuration

Options available at Admin → Extensions → Module Manager → RokNewsFlash Module:

• Load built-in StyleSheet: Disable if you wish to override the standalone style by custom template styling.
• Theme Style: Light and Dark standalone themes.
• Module Class Suffix: Add a custom class for individual styling
• Content Type: Joomla Core Content or K2 Content (Requires K2 to be installed).
• Joomla Section: Section to load tabbed content from.
• Joomla Category: Category to load tabbed content from.
• Joomla Frontpage Items: Determine whether frontpage content is loaded.
• Max Number of Articles: Control the maximum number of articles.
• Item Ordering: Control tab ordering — Default, Oldest First, Most Recent First, Title Alphabetical, Title Reverse-Alphabetical & Order.
• Use Title or Intro Text: Controls what is used for the snippet, either the title of the article or an extract of the intro text.
• PreText Label: This is the text which appears before the transitioning articles, such as Newsflash:.
• Show Controls: Control the display of the navigational controls.
• Transition Duration: This is the time, in milliseconds, for the switching of content items.
• Delay Length: This is the time, in milliseconds, for the content to remain static.
• News Indent: Input the number of pixels for the text to be indented (typically 5px more than the size of the pretext label).
• Preview Length: Input a numerical value which equates to how many characters you wish for the module to show.