Pausing Newsflash
Version
1.1 (for 1.5) & 1.0 (for 1.6) (last update on May 24, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
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3
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
48697
Date Added
22 January 2010
- the modules input is a selection of articles (from a category/ies or section/s)
- from that input the module takes the article title and intro text (article content without readmore)
- the module displays said articles in a single line view in a vertical pausing newsticker style (with specified delay)
- in order to tweak the look and feel of the module edit the stylesheet.css within the "tmpl/" directory
This module was created by merging funcionalities of 2 existing Joomla! modules:
1. mod_aqsg_newsflash
- Simple Scrolling Newsflash v1.5.3 by Joel Bassett of Australian Quality Solutions Group (http://www.aqsg.com.au)
- scrolling JavaScript feature used
2. mod_articlelist
- Article List v.1.0.1 by Malaiselvan of Jeema (www.jeema.net)
- article content getting used
v1.1 (for Joomla! v1.5)
- switched from table layout to div layout
- delay specification within module settings (admin zone) added
- all sizes now in percentages and ems
v1.0 (for Joomla! v1.6)
- same as v1.1 for Joomla! v1.5
I like the idea of having a few short newsflashes flashing by in the corner of the eye, and was intrigued by the promises of this extension. It's promising, and I would surely use it if only it would be subject of a few changes.
It wasn't obvious exactly how to set it, but after a few tries and finding the Manual, I started having news scrolling down in the left hand menu. Really nice, if it weren't for the text that is scrolled one line after another in bold characters.
From the description I thought I would see all the text in the article and have the time to read it before it rolled away to give place to the next one. But apparently "No".
Nice idea. Promising work, but pretty useless for the time being.
I did find kind of a use for it. It's possible to add articles without much text with a short headline that will rest for as many milliseconds that one sets the add-on to roll. But the space is really cramped, so the messages will be of the format "Love", "Peace" and "Understanding" or somesuch.
It wasn't obvious exactly how to set it, but after a few tries and finding the Manual, I started having news scrolling down in the left hand menu. Really nice, if it weren't for the text that is scrolled one line after another in bold characters.
From the description I thought I would see all the text in the article and have the time to read it before it rolled away to give place to the next one. But apparently "No".
Nice idea. Promising work, but pretty useless for the time being.
I did find kind of a use for it. It's possible to add articles without much text with a short headline that will rest for as many milliseconds that one sets the add-on to roll. But the space is really cramped, so the messages will be of the format "Love", "Peace" and "Understanding" or somesuch.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the review.
The main idea behind the module was to display a single line of article text, because i needed that functionality at the time i made this module, some sort of headline as you wrote.
I apologize for the lack of detailed description of the module, i see now how the confusion could occur.
I downloaded this module from the developer's web site with hopes of using it on a client's site to display important announcements and alerts so his membership can take appropriate action. The module installed easily, as expected. That's where the good things ended.
I have been unable to get any content into the module although it does load in the appropriate position. There is no documentation and the developer's web site included with the module description is simply an index to the downloads directory of his web site.
I have been unable to get any content into the module although it does load in the appropriate position. There is no documentation and the developer's web site included with the module description is simply an index to the downloads directory of his web site.
Owner's reply
Hi!
I just upgraded the module, sorry for the inconvenience.
Now it is available for v1.5 and v1.6.
I'll try to put up the documentation as soon as possible.
