Latest Items Module

Overview

Modules are extensions that assist in creating blocks of information on your site. They aggregate information from components and can be placed in predefined positions on the page based on your Joomla template.

JomDirectory Latest module

This module helps you create the panel where latest listings are displayed. You can decide where to position the latest panel on the page and also control on which pages the panel should appear. To view all the available modules, click Extension > Module Manager. The modules available are listed as seen in the following image.

Screen 6: Module Manager listing

Editing the JomDirectory Latest module

To edit the module, click on the module link or select the checkbox next to the module name, and then click Edit.

The following image shows the module edit screen.

Screen 7: Module tab

Module tab

This tab controls the layout where the latest listings panel is to be displayed on the screen.

Screen 8: Module tab

Provide the options as per the following table.

Layout	Select the required layout in the Layout field. The available options are: Slider – Displays the latest listings in the form of a slideshow. Default –Displays the latest listings in the default format. Grid – Displays the latest listings in a grid format. Clean - Displays the latest listings in a clean format
Columns count	Number of columns of listing that should be listed in the panel
Count	Number of listings that should be listed in the panel.
A number of Characters	Number of characters that will be displayed in the short description for listing thumbnail.
Image Width	Provide the image width for the thumbnail image. If Slider Layout set, image width must be the same size than Slider Width or larger.
Image Format	The format for the thumbnail listing image. 1:1 = Image will be unchanged. 4:3 = image will be resized to 4:3 format. 10:9 = Image will be resized to 10:9 format.
Latest or IDs	Select how you want the listings to be displayed as: Latest IDs
Enter IDs	If ID is selected in the column above, mention the starting ID of the listing.
Featured	Enable to show only featured listings.
Show Address	Enable to show the address of the listing.
Show Description	Enable to show the description up to the character limit set.
Category	Enable either of the following options. Current Browse (auto) – Automatically displayed based on the category. Selected Below – Listings belonging to only these categories are shown.
Choose Category	If Selected Below is selected for the above field, select the required category.
Sort Options	Select how the displayed listings should be sorted by. Latest Most Viewed Alphabetically Updated Most Rated DESC Most Rated ASC
Slider Settings	Heading
Slider Width	Slider width in pixels
Slider Height	Slider height in pixels
Slide Delay (seconds)	Slideshow delay in seconds
Slider Shadow	Enable to provide the shadow effect.
Slider Thumbs	Enable to show image thumbnails
Slider Caption	Enable to show the image caption.
Show Title	Show or hide the title for the search panel.
Position	Select the position based on your Joomla Template.
Status	Select from the given options. Published Unpublished Trashed
Start Publishing	Provide a date when the latest listings panel should be published.
Finish Publishing	Provide a date when the latest listings panel should be unpublished.
Access	Provide access level for the panel. Guest Public Registered Special
Ordering	Provide the order in which the side panel should appear. If more than one module is positioned at the same location, you can set the order of appearance in this field.
Language	Select the language for which you want to display this panel. For each language, you must create a new JomDirectory Latest module.
Note	Provide additional information.

This tab controls where the module should be displayed. You can decide if it should be displayed on all pages for the site or just selective pages.

Select the required menu for module assignment. The available options are:

On all pages
No pages
Only on the pages selected
On all pages except those selected

For the last two options, the screen is as shown in the following image: