This plugin is used to display the n most recent News headings (optionally of a given topic), in a scrolling banner.
Many parameters help you customize the look and feel.
Usage :
<plugin>last_news[<param>param_name<value>param_value</value></param>]</plugin>
Parameters between [ & ] are optional ( [ & ] are not part of the plugin syntax... )
You can use several parameters.
Parameters List:
| Parameter |
Default Value |
Description |
| nb |
Nb of News per Page as defined in the site parameters |
Max Number of Recent News to be displayed by the plugin. |
| maxdays |
no limitation |
Max Number of days between now and the news posted date. |
| show_image |
0 |
- 0: No Image will be displayed.
- 1: The first Image of the news Header will be displayed.
- header: All Images of the news Header will be displayed.
- content: All Images of the news Content will be displayed.
- all : All Images of the news (Header as well as Content) will be displayed.
|
| nbmax_img_per_news |
5 |
Max Number of Images per News to display. |
| show_thumbnail |
1 |
use 0 to display the full size image. |
| skip_no_image |
0 |
use 1 to skip News with no Images. |
| hide_posted_date |
0 |
use 1 to not display the News Posted date. |
| disable_link |
0 |
use 1 to not generate a link to the News. |
| disable_pause_on_cursor |
0 |
use 1 to disable the pause when the mouse pointer is over the plugin area. |
| topic |
No restriction on the topic |
List of Topic Identifiers (| character separated) that are taken into account to display the News.
When ! character is used before the topic identifier, it means that we do not want the topic.
WARNING: If a New belong to several topics, if one of them is allowed, then the News is taken into account! |
| width |
|
Width (in pixel). |
| height |
|
Height (in pixel). |
| orientation |
vertical |
horizontal or vertical. |
| type |
marquee_tag |
Possible values are :
- marquee : The scrolling is done in javascript if the navigator is compatible, otherwise the html <marquee> tag is used.
- slideshow : The scrolling is done in javascript if the navigator is compatible, otherwise the html <marquee> tag is used..
- marquee_tag : <marquee> tag is used.
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Extra Parameter List
When type parameter value is equal to marquee or marquee_tag :
| Parameter |
Default Value |
Description |
| scrollamount |
2 |
Number of scroll pixels. |
| scrolldelay |
20 |
Number of milliseconds between each scroll. |
Extra Parameter List
When type parameter value is equal to slideshow:
| Parameter |
Default Value |
Description |
| pause_delay |
7000 |
Number of milli-seconds to wait before displaying the next news. |
| transition_duration |
1000 |
Number of milliseconds. |
| transition_type |
|
cycle jquery plugin effects |
| transition_sync |
1 |
in/out transitions should occur simultaneously. |
Usage Example:
<plugin> last_news
<param>nb<value>15</value></param>
<param>maxdays<value>365</value></param>
<param>orientation<value>vertical</value></param>
<param>topic<value>topic_id</value></param>
<param>height<value>200</value></param>
<param>scrollamount<value>2</value>/param>
<param>scrolldelay<value>20</value></param>
</plugin>