Modules 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. JomHoliday 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 > JomHoliday Items Editing the JomHoliday 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. 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 JomHoliday Latest module. Note Provide additional information. Menu Assignment tab 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. Screen 9: Menu Assignment tab 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 Search Module JomHoliday Search module This module helps you create the search panel with fields that are searchable. All the fields that are defined as searchable during creation can be seen on this panel. You can decide where to position the search panel on the page and also control on which pages the panel should appear. To view all the available modules, click Extension > Module Manager > JomHoliday Search To create a new module, click New . Select the JomHoliday Search module. Provide the information as given in the following sections. Click Save to save the module. Editing the JomHoliday Search 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 2: Search Module  Module tab This tab controls the layout where the search panel is to be displayed on the screen. Layout Select the required layout in the Layout field. The available options are: Horizontal – Horizontal Keyword field, category and address search field as seen in the following image: Side Search – Vertical Side panel to filter search results as seen in the following image:   Custom fields that have the Field can be Searched field enabled are seen in this panel. For more information, see Custom Fields in the Administrative Guide. Modern Search – Single keyword search field as seen in the following image:   Show Address Hide or Show the address field in the frontend Show category Hide or Show category selection in the frontend Custom Fields Select if search should process custom fields Default category Select a default category that will be preselected in the frontend Show Title Show or hide the title for the search panel. Position Select the position based on your Joomla Template. Start Publishing Provide a date when the search panel should be published. Finish Publishing Provide a date when the search 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 JomHoliday Search module. Note Provide additional information. Menu Assignment tab 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. Screen 4: Menu Assignment tab 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: Screen 5: Menu Assignment options Live Search Maps Module Overview This is an extra paid module available for Business Package, can be also purchased separately.  This module helps you view all the listings under full view or windowed map To view all the available modules, click Extension  >  Module Manager .  To create a new module, click  New . Select the EXTENSION_NAME Maps module . Provide the information as given in the following sections. Click Save  to save the module. Editing the Maps 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 2: Module tab Module tab This tab controls the layout where the search panel is to be displayed on the screen. Screen 3: Module tab Provide the options as per the following table. Layout Select the required layout in the Layout field. The available options are: Maps Wide – layout with the search module on the left side and big map area on the right side, as seen in the following image:   Maps – layout showing items on a map as seen in the following image:   Display limit Limit number of items shown on the map Map width Set width of the map Map height Set height of the map Top margin Set top margin of the map Display Category Display category selection on the left of the wide map layout Display Address Display address selection on the left of the wide map layout Display Keyword Display keywords selection on the left of the wide map layout Position Select the position based on your Joomla Template. Start Publishing Provide a date when the search panel should be published. Finish Publishing Provide a date when the search 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 Search module. Note Provide additional information. Menu Assignment tab 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. Screen 4: Menu Assignment tab 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 Creating custom category markers When any listing is displayed on the map, it is shown as a pin. This pin icon is as in the default template. To modify this pinned icon as per your category, marker image needs to be placed under module images directory: modules/mod_EXTENSION-NAME_maps/images/markers/... The file name should be same as the category. The spaces need to be replaced with dashes " - " and the " marke r" prefix. So, suppose category name is  Auto Parts , then the file name for the marker should be  marker_auto-parts.png . Slideshow PRO Module Overview This is an extra paid module available for Business Package, can be also purchased separately.  This module showcases the listings in a slideshow format. Users can see the image along with the title of the listing. Slideshow PRO Module upon activation is seen as follows on the pages: Screen 1: Slideshow Module on front page Editing Slideshow Module To edit the module, click on the module link or select the check box next to the module name, and then click  Edit . The following image shows the module edit screen. Screen 2: Module tab Provide the options as per the following table. Count Number of listings for which images need to be shown in the slideshow Number of characters Number of characters from the description that will be shown in the slideshow. 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. 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 Select 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 Use Listings IDs Enable to make the next set of settings work. IDs CSS Item Styling Provide comma separated IDs in this field. Such as, 21, 22 and so on. Use IDs for the CSS Classes If set to yes, to each Caption, CSS Class ID will be added e.g. .jd-slide-title21 where 21 is ID of the listing. Listing ID can be found under JomEvents Listing View in Table - Column ID. It works best with  Use Listings ID's  setting You can select individual listings and promote them with different captions. If set to No, the default CSS will be used for all captions. Slider Module Tab This tab controls the layout where the map panel is to be displayed on the screen. Screen 3: Slider Module tab Slider Width Slider width in pixels Slider Height Slider height in pixels Slide Delay (seconds) Slideshow delay in seconds Full Width Enable to cover the entire width of the slideshow image. Slide Transition Select from the following options. Random Fade Boxslide Slotzoom-horizontal Slotzoom-vertical Curtain-1 Curtain-2 slideup Slide Navigation Select from the following options. Bullet Thumb None Autoplay Start slider when page loaded  Menu Assignment tab 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. Screen 4: Menu Assignment tab 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