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SlipTabs Module

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"SlipTabs" is a Joomla module which provides a tabbed display of content. The tabs can on left, right, top or bottom of the content. It also supports the load module plugin.
Now it is possible to create as many instances of the module.
Also now it is able to apply style sheet using the Module Class Suffix.
Now "Read more..." link available for the articles.
Now it also has an option to hide/show Frontpage items from the tabs.

The latest version of the module can be downloaded from http://www.jinovc.com/downloads

The software is released under GNU/GPLv3 on September 7, 2009. The latest version of the software is released on March 17, 2010.

The latest version of sliptabs have been modified to be compatible with the latest Joomla! 1.6.0. This is released on March 07, 2011. The updated version is released under GNU/GPLv3 on March 13, 2011 which has fixes for the readmore link and the load module plugin with Joomla 1.6.0 version compatible module.

The software is developed by jinovc@gmail.com

The demo of the software can be viewed at http://www.jinovc.com


Usage Instructions with Joomla! 1.6.0

1. Install the module.

2. Go to Extensions/Module Manager

3. Edit module "SlipTabs"

4. Select Published "Published"

5. Select Position for the display

6. Select Category with which the tab is to be created.

7. Select "Item Ordering"

8. Select "Menu Position". Menu can be created on the left, right, top or bottom of the contents.

9. Enter the number of "Tab Counts". "0" to display all the tabs and other numbers to limit the tab counts.

10. Enter module class suffix if you have any in your css.

11. Select whether to hide/show "Read more..." link if available.

12. Select whether to hide/show Frontpage items.

Usage Instructions with Joomla! 1.5.0

1. Install the module.

2. Go to Extensions/Module Manager

3. Edit module "SlipTabs"

4. Select Enabled "Yes"

5. Select Position for the display. For example "user2"

6. Select Joomla Section and Category with which the tab is to be created. For example "News/Newsflash"

7. Select "Item Ordering"

8. Select "Menu Position". Menu can be created on the left, right, top or bottom of the contents.

9. Enter the number of "Tab Counts". "0" to display all the tabs and other numbers to limit the tab counts.

10. Enter module class suffix if you have any in your css.

11. Select whether to hide/show "Read more..." link if available.

12. Select whether to hide/show Frontpage items.

Report

2011-03-12
Reviews: 1
SlipTabs good work! would be excellent if it will support plugins inside articles {loadposition ...} and other similar.

Option to select a category is very useful!
Owner's reply

In the version 1.3.1 it will support load module plugin in Joomla 1.6.0

2010-11-30
Reviews: 1
Atlast I found a suitable and perfect module for my client and I can skip from the deadline. Great work Mr.Jino. Thanks...
2010-02-21
Reviews: 1
After searching for ages, looking for extensions that would do something fancy for the rendering of menus, I stumbled onto SlipTabs. This is an exceptionally easy module to set up and get working and the tab rendering of menus works beautifully. My only issue is that for one particularly long article where I had included a "read more", SlipTabs ignored the Read More and dropped off all the rest of the article. Would be great if this could be fixed.
Owner's reply

Thanks for the comments. I have added the Read More link in the latest version.

2010-02-19
Reviews: 2
I might have given an excellent rate, since it remained on my site for several days, until i was notified about this error.

To be concise, When you click the active tab menu, then the bottom or top border disappears. (I tried both styles). First, I though the module conflicted with another that brought me to CSS style which did not give any solution either. I went to the website : http://www.jinovc.com and did the same to the demo which resulted the same error as well. My conclusion is that it needs some more fix. Any forum to discuss it?
Owner's reply

It is made like that, so as to identify the active tab.

2010-02-12
Reviews: 1
I like this module very much. With a bit of imagination it is very customisable.

If you want to use multiple Slip Tabs on one page, here is how I did it.

1. At the top of your template index.php page put in: $_SESSION['slipTabIds'] = 1;

2. Add this code to the module default.php, anywhere before the HTML output:

// create id for content containing div
$slipTabIds = $_SESSION['slipTabIds'];
$slipTabIdsArray = explode(',', $slipTabIds);
$slipTabIdsCount = count($slipTabIdsArray);
$newSlipTabIdNumber = $slipTabIdsArray[$slipTabIdsCount - 1];
$newSlipTabContentId = "slipTabContentId_$newSlipTabIdNumber";
$newSlipTabListId = "slipTabListId_$newSlipTabIdNumber";
$slipTabIdsArray[$slipTabIdsCount] = $slipTabIdsCount + 1;
$_SESSION['slipTabIds'] = implode(',', $slipTabIdsArray);

3. Add this code to the tag that holds the article titles:

id=""

4. Add this code to the tag that holds the article content:

id=""


You can then target the Slip Tabs individually. In my case I had the content divs for 3 Slip Tabs sitting on top of each other using absolute positioning. I was then able to use javascript to show the required div and hide the other Slip Tab content divs.
Owner's reply

I think you had a misunderstanding. SlipTabs without any modification it is possible to create multiple instances in a page.

2010-02-07
Reviews: 1
Thank you for good work but i think you forget joomfish because when you change the language its not taking the title just the intro text.
2009-10-07
Reviews: 2
Really liking this module so far!
2009-10-07
Reviews: 1
Thank you Jinovc for simplifying sliptabs . Works fine with Joomla 1.5 + .
2009-09-30
Reviews: 1
Great work!!! its very easy to use :)