DJ-Tab Generator
Overview files

All packages can be downloaded at http://www.design-joomla.eu/downloads/download.html

A complete list of availabe install packages:

  • DJ-Tab Generator component
  • DJ-Tab Generator module

Notice

Module is based on DJ-Tab Generator component. It means that it doesn't work without it.
 
Installation

Install all the packages in the ordinary way, start by installing DJ-Tab Generator component first.

Navigate Extensions > Install/Uninstall

 

install1

 

Choose the package and press Upload File & Install

 

install2

 
DJ-Tab Generator component

The DJ-Tab Generator component allows you to create tabs from the selected content (sections, categories, articles and even single modules).

See the basic steps to configure DJ-Tab Generator component:

 
Create a group

Navigate Extensions > DJ Tab Generator

You will see a page with empty list of group:

 

empty-group

 

Let's start with creating an example group.

Press Add at the top panel, then fill an inputbox with a group name:

 

 

See an example of demo group:

 

group

 

 
Create an item

Now we can pass on to create an individual item of a group.

 

Choose your group and press Add button to create a tab. Before doing this, take a look at parameters view, where you can set items configuration.

 

add-tab

 

Short description:

  • Element's name – enter a name of item
  • Type – select section/category/article/module position where you want to display a content from
  • Section/Category id/Article/Module Position – select a proper item
  • Elements count – number of items to display in this tab
  • Characters count – number of chars of a short description
  • Open cards count – number of open items in tab
  • Show image – show/hide content images
  • Float – select image position
  • Image width (e.g. 100px or 50%) – image with measured in px or %

 

At least one tab has to be entered to make your component (or module) work correctly.

See an example of tabs list:

 

tabs

 
Displaying tabs on website

Navigate to a menu where you want to create a link and select DJ Tab Generator from a menu item type.

 

menu-item

 

Choose Tabs link and then you see a configuration page of displaying tab component.

 


Short description:

  • Group – group name to display
  • Module style active – turn off if you have special classes in your template css file
  • Sort direction – ASC ascending, DESC descending
  • Sort by – choose the odrder of displaying items
  • Class suffix – a suffix to be applied to the CSS class of the component, this allows for individual component stylings
  • Duration – sepcifies the time in ms of moving duration
  • Transition – specifies the moving tab style
  • Type – type of moving (not applicable to linear)
 
DJ-Tab Generator module

Another way to show a content of DJ Tab Generator is by using DJ Tab Generator module. The module displays content of a group created by DJ-Tab Generator component.

Look at a configuration view and short description of parameters.

 

 

 

Short description:

  • Group Id – group name to display
  • Module Class Suffix – suffix to be applied to the CSS class of the module. This allows for individual module styling
  • Module style active – turn off if you have special classes in your template css file
  • Order – ASC ascending, DESC descending
  • Order by – choose the odrder of displaying items
  • Duration – specifies the time in ms of moving duration
  • Effect – specifies the moving tab style
  • Type – type of moving (not applicable to Linear)