A simple Featured Entries Module to display SOBI2 Entries in a Module if a user-specified SOBI2 Custom Field for the Entry matches the 'Featured Entry Key' value specified in the Module settings. If no matching Entries are found, no module content is displayed. The standard SOBI2 fields 'Title', 'Icon' and 'Image' can be displayed together with an unlimited number of user-specified Custom Field data values and an optional link to the Entry 'Detailed' View.

Updated to v1.0.9 on 7-December 2007 (follow links on Homepage for Module configuration instructions, additional documentation and support)
[v1.0.9 very stable, over 9,000 downloads since released with no bugs or problems reported]

New for v1.0.9
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A new algorithim to avoid incomplete 'Featured Entry' selection with large numbers of Featured Entries, plus other minor new features and one important bug-fix.

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Module Features
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* This Module does not create or modify any SOBI2 or Joomla Database tables.
* This Module makes a minimum of 2, maximum of 5, database queries every time the module is output.
* The value of a user-specified SOBI2 Custom Field is used to select which SOBI2 entries are eligible for display by this Module.
* The maximum number of 'Featured' entries to be displayed is specified in the Module configuration.
* User-specified Sort Order of'Featured Entries' display - Random, Date Created, Title or User-specified Custom Field.
* Optional display of the standard SOBI2 fields 'Title', 'Icon' and 'Image'.
* Optional display of an unlimited number of user-specified SOBI2 Custom Data fields. The order in which the Custom Data fields are output is specified in the Module configuration.
* Optional display of Custom Data Field Labels.
* Optional linking of Title, and/or Icon, and/or Image to the detailed view of each SOBI2 'featured' entry.
* Optional display of a link, with user-specified 'link text', to the detailed view of each SOBI2 'featured' entry.
* Optional 'Category Filter' - 'Featured Entries' displayed can be restricted to those 'Featured Entries' that 'belong' to the category being displayed in the current SOBI2 'Category View'.
* Module output is 'tableless', (data to be displayed is output in div's with extensive class selectors for CSS accessibility ).
* Use user-specified styling in site Template(s) to style module output.

As with all Modules;
* The Module can be copied to enable SOBI2 entries with different user-specified SOBI2 entry selection criteria to be displayed in different Module positions.
* A user-specified Module Class suffix allows user-specified CSS styling in the Site Template(s) for each instance of the Module.
* The Module can be 'cloned' to work with SOBI2 clones.

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Compatibility
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Tested with Joomla 1.0.12 and SOBI2 RC 2.7.3
Tested with Joomla 1.0.13 and SOBI2 RC 2.7.4b
Tested with Joomla 1.5.6 and SOBI2 RC 2.8.7
(Should work with all Joomla 1.0.x, 1.5.x and SOBI2 RC 2.7.x, RC 2.8.x combinations)

Please report any problems on the Module support page (follow Homepage link) I can't fix a problem if I don't know about it.