Global News Module

Global News will give you the most complete view of your content by grouping latest, popular, random or default ordered news either by sections or by categories. You can exclude any section/category you want, you can set it to filter the lists by the current section, and you can choose between different dynamic content layouts including the article's resizable first image.
Version Updates:
• 1.x: Show/Hide article date and "More Articles..." link. Show/Hide current article.
• 2.0: Much more flexible content layout via an html supported textarea.

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byjustinw1970 on December 31, 2008
This is an absolutely first rate component from the guys who brought us xmap. I had been looking for something like this for a long time and am truly happy to have found it! Works exactly as one would hope and having tried a number of other extensions before this one I can safely say hand on heart that I can recommend this one wholeheartedly!
bymaxmmize on December 23, 2008
The best out there. I use it on sites that have tremendous traffic to site that have little traffic. Works like a charm.

It's so easy to customize and the support is super fast.

I recommend this for *all* sites.
byultra on September 27, 2008
Just thought i would post up my review on this excellent extension, it is perfect there are plenty of options to mess with and the display is perfect.

i recommend this to everyone.

thanks a lot :)
bygiulien on August 27, 2008
It is an useful news module and really well done.
His many parameters allow to adapt it in complete way to own demands.
W3C XHTML validate (no errors, notices, warnings )
W3C CSS validate (no errors, notices, warnings )
The support is fast and efficient.
The best that I have found!
bykentinhh on August 22, 2008
The support is excellent, the help is great and very fast. The developer, Jesús Vargas, is really nice. The design of the module is great .... it's a really good module I recommend to you !
byByeVas on August 18, 2008
This is a very handy component. It does a great job, but here are some features that might be included:

1) Div cycles, prefferably chosen by the user (like the flexcontent mod)
2)Abillity ofr multiple use on one page
3)Abillity to mix introtext articles and titles

However even without these fatures GN is a great mod! Thank u guys!
Owner's reply

Hi ByeVas, we have now corrected the bug that was keeping more instances of GN for Joomla 1.0 from working simultaneously, Thank you. Feel free to join our forum anytime!

This is a module that should be in every Joomla installation. A lot of options to show your latest news in very beautiful ways (especially the slider option is fantastic). It is also possible to install more than one instance of this module.

Had some trouble in IE7 at first, but the help from Jésus was great and very fast! The replies on the reviews show that too. You ask, he does!

Everybody download this module as fast as possible. Such a great product can't be free for long!
byExtraterroide on May 29, 2008
I'm newbie, and for me is very easy of install and customize.

Very useful and cool module, excellent addons for your users.
You can put in any position, if you position is little, you can choose one column, if you have more space, you can choose more columns.
bydbzeroone on May 27, 2008
This module should be integrated into the Joomla! core!! This module gives you MUCH greater flexibility on how you handle "latest news" items on your pages. 4.5 stars!!

The only complaint I have is that there seems to be no way to modify the position of the date (I want it on top of the title). But heck, that's minor! I only deducted half a star!
Owner's reply

Hi! That is possible now, since the 1.3.1 version.

Overall this is a very good addition to the Joomla! 1.5.x Logic is simple, powerfull and diverse. But I miss more possibilities for customization.

For example:

- Possibility to disable showing the title of section or category
- I'd like to add the date in to the headline when my article was published
- is it possible to add some space between the border and text? There's possibility to add marging for an image, but not for the text
Owner's reply

It is possible now, thank you! Any other suggestion would be appreciated in our support forum.