Modules: New

Purpose:

The User module is a custom module created when clicking the 'New' icon in the Module Manager. You can use this module to display Content (this content is not related to Sections, Categories or Static Content Items) or an RSS Feed.

Details

- Title: Title of the module to display on the page.
- Show title: Decides if the Title will display or not on the page. It is not usual to display this title for banners.
- Position: Sets which of the positions available the module will display in.
- Module order: The order the module will appear among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.
- Access Level: Sets who can view this module. Public, Registered or Special.
- Published: Sets if the module contents will show on the Frontend of your Web site (if chosen Position is available in the template).
- ID: This is the ID number for the module item. This is auto-allocated by the Mambo system when the module is saved.
- Description: This is a short description of the functions provided by the Module Type
- Pages / Items: Sets on which pages the module should be displayed.

Usage: | n/a
Default State: | n/a

Parameters:

- Module Class Suffix: Add a suffix if needed to be applied to the CSS class of the module (table.moduletable) to allow individual module styling.
- Custom Output: Here you may enter any text or code you like that you wish to display it's output in this module anywhere on the pages of your site. NOTE: This content may not be accessed through a Menu Item.

The following Parameters are only relevant to the creation of a module who's express purpose is to to hold RSS feed output.

- RSS URL: Enter here the URL of the RSS feed you want to display on your site.
- Feed description: Choose to show or hide the description text for the whole Feed.
- Feed Image: Choose to show or not the image associated with the whole feed.
- Items: Enter the number of RSS Items to display. If this number is higher than the number fixed by the Syndicating site, the latter one will be used.
- Item description: Type the description or intro text for individual News Items.
- Word Count: Choose the the maximum number of visible words available from the description of the New Item. 0 means all text will be displayed.
- Enable Cache: Cache the contents of the Module..

Toolbar Icons:

- Preview: Preview Module. NOTE: You can only Preview typed modules.
- Save: Save changes and return to Module Manager.
- Apply: Apply changes without exiting the page.
- Cancel: Cancel without saving your changes.