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RokTabs 
Version
1.5 (last update on Jun 27, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
23
Favoured
32
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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24023
Date Added
26 June 2009
RokTabs is a tabbed content module, standalone and sporting its own themes (light and dark). Content is transitions, either by fade or scroll, and is powered by mootools.
The module has the ability to be fully automated, switching based on time or manually by user interaction. RokTabs also has support for the plugin allowing to load modules inside it, as well as supporting K2.
Features
* Tabbed Content: Display multiple content items in a tabbed enclosure.
* Module Position Support: You can insert module positions inside the tabs.
* Inbuilt Styling: Both light and dark styling for standalone support
* Configurability: Highly configurable from options dealing with transition, to content type and layout.
Changelog
-------------- 1.5 Release [25-June-2009] --------------
25-Jun-2009 Andy Miller
+ Added support for K2 content format
+ Added checks for K2 installation in the module params
+ Added more extensive ordering options
-------------- 1.4 Release [16-June-2009] --------------
16-Jun-2009 Djamil Legato
# Option for taking into account some margins
Click the following for the Full & Official Changelog at http://www.rockettheme.com/extensions-joomla/roktabs#changelog
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byShrapNel on October 25, 2009
The only thing that makes this module Good, and not Excellent is the issue that you have to hit the little Compatibility View button on your IE 8 browser. Now, it may not be entirely fair to blame this on RokTabs as IE is obviously to blame as well, since it worked in older browsers. But the reason I am still kinda holding it against RokTabs is that perhaps they could have found a fix for it. BUT, PLEASE, this is a very small drag-point, and I would rather select "almost Excellent" instead of "Good", but there is no option for that. Still one of my favourite modules!
bynick_demora on October 16, 2009
Undoubtedly the best free tab module there is. (I downloaded and tried a bunch!)
HOWEVER....
I have the brilliant Afterburner Template which these guys kindly provide free and I downloaded this module too and this seems to be a bit of a problem... Call me fussy, but I just don't like the dots on the tabs messing up my text. If they could simply get rid of these I would have given this 100%
They have a "solved" thread for this issue:
http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?f=264&t=77451&rb_v=viewtopic
Which doesn't provide much help with Afterburner - which doesn't have a "template.css" file that I have been able to find as an amateur.
It also doesn't work 100% with Google Chrome (seems fine IE & FF). But this is a problem with Chrome rather than their end as far as I can tell...
The biggest problem is that there doesn't seem to be anyway of getting support without paying to join their forums. Which I am too tight to do.
HOWEVER....
I have the brilliant Afterburner Template which these guys kindly provide free and I downloaded this module too and this seems to be a bit of a problem... Call me fussy, but I just don't like the dots on the tabs messing up my text. If they could simply get rid of these I would have given this 100%
They have a "solved" thread for this issue:
http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index.php?f=264&t=77451&rb_v=viewtopic
Which doesn't provide much help with Afterburner - which doesn't have a "template.css" file that I have been able to find as an amateur.
It also doesn't work 100% with Google Chrome (seems fine IE & FF). But this is a problem with Chrome rather than their end as far as I can tell...
The biggest problem is that there doesn't seem to be anyway of getting support without paying to join their forums. Which I am too tight to do.
bydamainman on October 2, 2009
Very easy to install, and get running. Set it up on a test page and works great. Even checked to make sure it validated in xhtml and it did which is great as it keeps my website compliant.
Only suggestion would be to add the ability to specifically choose what is in each tab. Meaning instead of having to choose the article section and category... I would like to specifically choose an article/module for each tab directly to have more control of the order of the tabs. Hopefully i'm not over looking something lol.
However like i said i still think its an amazing product and works great out the box :)
Only suggestion would be to add the ability to specifically choose what is in each tab. Meaning instead of having to choose the article section and category... I would like to specifically choose an article/module for each tab directly to have more control of the order of the tabs. Hopefully i'm not over looking something lol.
However like i said i still think its an amazing product and works great out the box :)
bybellatrix on September 22, 2009
I easily did what I wanted with it.
One feature request is to make an option to run plugins inside.
One feature request is to make an option to run plugins inside.
bysfricke on September 18, 2009
This would be a great Tab solution, but I wanted to use this with their very own Afterburner template, and it simply doesn't work. Requests for help on this issue in the RokTabs forum has gone completely unacknowledged since an initial request for more information. If it works for you, great. But if it won't work with one of *their* templates... not good.
Owner's reply
Afterburner disables Mootools by default in its settings (Admin > Extensions > Template Manager > rt_afterburner_j15 > Enable Mootools : Yes).
And RokTabs requires mootools in order to work so just set this option to yes and it will work :)
byvinsim on August 5, 2009
Easy, beautiful, clean, reliable! Good job!
bySpacePyrit on July 16, 2009
Seriously, all joking aside, RokTabs is a great way to implement tabs in your site. Only complaint is I don't know why they made it a module instead of a plugin. It seems that it is mostly used inside of content. So why not make it a plugin or component instead a module. But, you can still call the module in the content and it works well.
Great job!
Great job!
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