Latest Articles Module

Demo of the features of CMSE Latest Articles Module

Output article items from one or multiple categories of Joomla Content component, by date created, date published, date updated, user, tags, votes, views. Include custom fields, custom content and even banners from the banner component.

This module places absolute layout control in your hands with the ease of arranging data object placeholders anywhere to alter the display per instance of the module.

Features

This Joomla Articles display module will enhance user experience and boost article views. The module uses the shortcode layout system which will allow easy data object formatting in many ways. The module is packaged with the mighty CMSE Custom Fields plugin. See the multiple formats below.

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Features

Display articles as Latest Post, Featured Only, Most Viewed, Updated, Ascending or Descending order or Random
Choose articles from from one or multiple categories
Select individual article items from various categories
Display article intro or fulltext image, or show a default image if neither are available
Resize images using the selectable range of JImage::SCALE_ functions
Display truncated text as intro text from the article
Display meta objects, author, published date, hits, comment count.
Display article Custom Fields to boost clicks.
Add and rearrange each data object with placeholders etc
Preset layout and styling, selectable by drop select field.
Item responsive slideshow with multiple transition effects. Swipe and drag capable.
Virtual Pagination to allow high volume item count while showing X amount per page.
Category blog emulation to show Lead, Items and title links
Insert HTML, modules or other plugin shortcodes after X count items to break
Add HTML or plain text above and below the module content
Insert content plugin shortcode to render any additional content (photo gallery, poll etc)
Copy style override to the default frontend template for easy alternate styling

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