The module was designed for websites that need a practical news, blog, articles or featured content section without building a custom component or writing a dedicated template override from scratch. It gives administrators and implementers control over both the content logic and the visual presentation of article cards.

With Design Cart News you can choose source categories, limit the number of displayed articles, show only featured articles, control the article image, enable or disable individual elements such as title, intro text, tags, image and “read more” button, and adjust the grid layout to match the design of your website.

The module is especially useful for homepages, company news sections, blogs, expert articles, featured posts, landing pages and content-driven Joomla websites.

Main Features

• Joomla 6 module
• Displays Joomla articles from selected categories
• Option to show only featured articles
• Article limit setting
• Responsive grid layout
• Configurable number of columns
• Article image position: top or left
• Configurable image container width
• Image width unit support: px or %
• Multiple image ratios and shapes
• Optional circular 1:1 image layout
• Show or hide article title
• Show or hide intro text
• Show or hide tags
• Show or hide article image
• Show or hide “read more” button
• Custom button text
• Article heading tag selection from H1 to H6
• Card background color
• Title typography settings
• Intro typography settings
• Tag colors and hover colors
• Button colors and hover colors
• Font size, font weight and uppercase controls
• Useful for SEO-friendly heading structure
• Designed for practical Joomla implementations

Content Control

Design Cart News allows you to decide exactly what content should appear in the module. You can select one or multiple Joomla categories, define how many articles should be displayed and optionally limit the output to featured articles only.

This makes it easy to create sections such as:
- Latest news
- Featured articles
- Company updates
- Blog highlights
- Expert posts
- Recommended content
- Homepage article grids
- Layout and Image Control

The module gives you control over how article cards are displayed. Images can be placed above the text for a classic news-card layout or on the left side for a more editorial, magazine-style listing.

You can also configure image proportions and shapes, including square, horizontal, vertical and circular layouts. This helps keep the module visually consistent with the rest of the website.

Visual Customization

Design Cart News includes a dedicated appearance configuration area, allowing you to style the module directly from the Joomla administrator panel.

You can adjust:

• card background,
• title color, size, weight and uppercase style,
• intro color, size, weight and uppercase style,
• tag text color, background color and hover colors,
• button text color, background color and hover colors,
• button typography.

This makes it possible to match the module to different brands, templates and visual identities without editing template CSS files.

SEO and Semantic Structure

The module includes a heading tag selector from H1 to H6. This is useful when you want article titles to fit correctly into the page structure.

For example, on a homepage you may want the main page title to remain H1, while article cards use H2 or H3. This helps maintain a cleaner document hierarchy and better semantic structure.

Typical Use Cases

Design Cart News is suitable for:
- company websites,
- Joomla blogs,
- news sections,
- agency websites,
- expert knowledge bases,
- landing pages,
- homepage featured content,
- article teasers,
- recommended posts,
- content-heavy Joomla projects.

Why Use Design Cart News?

Many Joomla projects need a simple but flexible way to show articles on the homepage or inside selected template positions. Basic solutions are often too limited, while more complex extensions can be heavy or difficult to style.

Design Cart News focuses on a practical balance: fast configuration, clear content logic and strong visual control.

It is built for real Joomla implementations where the module should not only display a list of articles, but also look good, fit the website design and remain easy to maintain.

Requirements

• Joomla 6
• Joomla articles / com_content
• Published articles in selected categories
• A template position where the module can be assigned

Notes

Design Cart News is a module for displaying Joomla article lists. It does not replace Joomla articles, categories or the core content system. Instead, it gives you a more flexible and visual way to present existing Joomla content in selected module positions.