Difference between revisions of "Listings Module"

Revision as of 22:40, 23 August 2010

• the Listings Module can be used for displaying:
  • Latest Listings
  • Top User Rated Listings
  • Worst User Rated Listings
  • Top Editor Rated Listings
  • Most Reviewed Listings
  • Random Listings
  • Featured Random Listings
  • Popular Listings

Example of the module layout

• the module displays listing's thumbnail, title, category, editor and user rating.
• to modify the layout, the theme file of the listings Listings Module is located here:
  • \com_jreviews\jreviews\views\themes\default\modules\listings.thtml

Module's Parameters

• Everywhere Extension - This is a universal module that works not only with core JReviews listings, but also with 3rd party components integrated via the Everywhere Add-on
• Custom WHERE - custom where for query (i.e Field.jr_brand LIKE '%Canon%')
• Custom ORDER BY - overrides listing ordering (i.e Field.jr_brand DESC)

• jReviews Template Suffix - this parameter allows you to use a different theme file for each published instance of the module.
• Module Class Suffix - a suffix will be applied to the CSS class of the module. This allows individual module styling

• Enable Ajax Pagination - allows users to navigate to other pages inside the module without page reloads
• Plugin width (px) - required only when Ajax Pagination is enabled
• Plugin height (px) - required only when Ajax Pagination is enabled
• Limit results - sets the number of results shown in the module
• Columns - number of columns or items per row to show

• Category Autodetect - JReviews will try to determine the category id and show only results for that category. If enabled, this setting overrides all the ID settings below it.

• Thumbnail Type - Scale creates thumbnail with specified width. Height is scaled proportionately. Crop takes a square from the center of the image and scales to the specified width

• Filter: Listings submitted in past x days - filter the results to use listings submitted in the past x days
• Filter: Listings with reviews submitted in past x days - filter the results to use reviews submitted in the past x days
• Filter: Listings with review count higher than - filter the results to listings having at least the defined number of reviews
• Filter: Avg rating higher than - filter the results to listings with rating higher than the defined number