site-modules-articles-archived

Description

The Articles - Archived module type shows a list of the calendar months containing archived articles. After you have changed the status of an article to archived, this list will be generated automatically.

How to Access

• Select System → Manage Panel → Site Modules from the Administrator menu. Then...
  • To create a new module: select the New button from the Toolbar. Then...
    • Select the required module type.
  • To edit an existing module:
    • Find the module in the list of installed modules and select the title link in the Title column.

Screenshot

Form Fields

• Title. Enter a name for this module.

Module Tab

Left Panel Module type, location and description.

• # of Months: The number of months to display (the default is 10)

Right Panel

• Show Title. (Show/Hide) Choose whether to show or hide the modules title in the front end. The title will be the one in the Form Field above.

• Position. Choose the module position you wish this module to be displayed in. A custom module position can be entered for use with the load position plugin or the position button can be pressed to select a module position from the template.

• Status. The published status of the item.

• Start Publishing. Date and time to start publishing. Use this field if you want to enter content ahead of time and then have it published automatically at a future time.

• Finish Publishing. Date and time to finish publishing. Use this field if you want to have content automatically changed to Unpublished state at a future time (for example, when it is no longer applicable).

• Access. The viewing Access Level for this item.

• Module Ordering. This shows a drop down of every module in the position that the current module is in. This is the order that the modules will display in when displayed on in the front end as well as in the Modules page.

• Language. Item language.

• Note. This is normally for the site administrator's use (for example, to document information about this item) and does not show in the Frontend of the site.

Menu Assignment Tab

• Module Assignment. Select On All Pages, No Pages, Only on the pages selected or On all pages except those selected from the List.

• Menu Selection. If the latter two options are selected a list will show all of the menu items. This allows you to assign modules to some but not all pages, and by selecting the menu links that you want the module associated with you can customize on what pages modules appear/don't appear. See How do you assign a module to specific pages? for more information.

Advanced Tab

• Layout. If you have defined one or more alternative layouts for a module either in the template or Joomla! Core, you can select the layout to use for this module.
• Module Class. A suffix applied to the CSS class of the Module. This allows you to create customized CSS styles that will apply just to this module. You would then modify the "user.css" file of your template to apply styling to this new class. Enter this parameter with a leading space to create a new CSS class for this module. Enter the parameter without a leading space to change the CSS class name for this module.
• Caching. Use Global/No Caching. Whether or not to cache the content of this Module. A setting of "Use Global" will use the Cache Settings from the Global Configuration screen.
• Cache Time. The number of seconds for which to cache the item locally. It can safely be left at the default.
• Module Style. You can use this option to override the templates style for its position.
• Module Tag. The HTML tag for the module to be placed in. By default this is a div tag but other HTML5 elements can also be used.
• Bootstrap Size. (Values 0 to 12) This allows you to choose the width of the module via the span element built into bootstrap.
• Header Tag. The HTML tag to use for the modules header or title. This can be an h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 or a p tag. Note that you must use a module style (chrome) of html5 or add your custom module styles in \<mytemplate>/html/modules.php.
• Header Class. Here you can add optional CSS classes to add to the modules header or title element.

Permissions Tab

• Delete: (Inherited/Allowed/Denied). Allow or deny Delete for users in the group. Delete Allows users in the group to delete any content in this extension.
• Edit: (Inherited/Allowed/Denied). Allow or deny Edit for users in the group. Edit Allows users in the group to edit any content in this extension.
• Edit State: (Inherited/Allowed/Denied). Allow or deny Edit State for users in the group. Edit State Allows users in the group to change the state of any content in this extension.
• Frontend Editing: (Inherited/Allowed/Denied). Allow or deny Edit from the frontend of the site for users in the group.

Toolbar

At the top of the page you will see the toolbar shown in the Screenshot above. The functions are:

• Save. Saves the item and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the item and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the item and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another item.

• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current item. Does not affect the current item. This toolbar icon is not shown if you are creating a new item.

• Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made. This toolbar icon is not shown if you are creating a new item.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Front End Screenshot

Example Front End Site images are generic images using Joomla! core installation supplied free Front End Templates. The actual view can depend on the installed custom template used and the template's style for those views on a Joomla! website. Archived Articles module shown:

The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_articles_archive". It is related to the content component.