CN Latest Articles Plus
Version
1.6 (last update on Jul 14, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
3
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
15038
Date Added
5 September 2010
- Added formatting of the date
- Added functions to handle multi-byte content
- Added a Created By option
- Added a Created Date option
- Added a Read More option
There are several additions to the module and are very helpful.
What Was Added: (Backend Params)
- An option for intro text to be displayed or not
- An intro text character limit
- Adding a ... to the end, yes or no
- Title of the article tag option
- Use of LI and UL tags or not
- The removal of images or tags from the intro text
- and several more options (see picture below)
Images
There are many extensions to display latest news, but most have all kinds of "bells and whistles" that will include thumbnails etc. Occasionally I need one that will simply display the intro text in a module position. This one fit the bill perfectly - it has enough options, but not too many to complicate things. Definitely worth trying out!
Owner's reply
Thanks CClay, that is exactly what I was going for!
Everything works ok except that when using multibyte characters the introtext isnot cut properly. You should use mb_substr instead of substr
Owner's reply
Hey Ribonside,
Thanks for the review, I didn't even test for multi-byte content, but it is working with it now in this updated 1.5 version.
I spent almost two whole days at the office scouring through the 5,000+ extensions here trying to find a module with these exact features. Finally came across this one, and was even amazed by a quick response from the developer!
If you want to display the most recently added article with intro text, read more, author and date in a module, then save yourself some time and try this one out!
If you want to display the most recently added article with intro text, read more, author and date in a module, then save yourself some time and try this one out!