Module How-To: News Lister

A quick how-to on how to use the News Lister module.

Module How-To: News Lister

  1. 1. Go to your Drag and Drop Module drawer. Select your the widget you want and drag it to the zone you want.

    Go to your Drag and Drop Module drawer. Select your the widget you want and drag it to the zone you want.

  2. 2. Select the widget you wish to use and drag it to the zone of your choice.

    Select the widget you wish to use and drag it to the zone of your choice.

  3. 3. Edit the Widget. Click on the Pencil icon.

    Edit the Widget. Click on the Pencil icon.

  4. 4. Name Your Widget. To help organize your content and modules, its good practice to name your module.

    Name Your Widget. To help organize your content and modules, its good practice to name your module.

  5. 5. Select a detail page (every lister tool requires a detail page where the content will be displayed) and a List page, where the list of 'article enteries' will be listed.

    Select a detail page (every lister tool requires a detail page where the content will be displayed) and a List page, where the list of 'article enteries' will be listed.

  6. 6. Select a detail page. Before this step go to Page Manager create a "News Detail" as a sub to the "News Lister" page.

    Select a detail page. Before this step go to Page Manager create a "News Detail" as a sub to the "News Lister" page.

  7. 7. Select the page the will list the articles as a landing page.

    Select the page the will list the articles as a landing page.

  8. 8. List Settings - here you can set how you want your articles to be displayed

    List Settings - here you can set how you want your articles to be displayed

  9. 9. Optional: Check/Uncheck if you want to only show featured items.

    Optional: Check/Uncheck if you want to only show featured items.

  10. 10. Optional: Check/Uncheck if you want to show a category tag.

    Optional: Check/Uncheck if you want to show a category tag.

  11. 11. Click on Show Tags

    Click on Show Tags

  12. 12. Select how many enteries per row you wish to have

    Select how many enteries per row you wish to have

  13. 13. Select how many enteries per page you wish to have

    Select how many enteries per page you wish to have

  14. 14. Select what the max enteries you wish to have

    Select what the max enteries you wish to have

  15. 15. Select what the max entries age you wish to have

    Select what the max entries age you wish to have

  16. 16. Select your sort preference

    Select your sort preference

  17. 17. Type in what you want the article 'learn more' button to say

    Type in what you want the article 'learn more' button to say

  18. 18. Click on Update

    Click on Update