Installation
VJ Article Tree is installed using standard Joomla! installation procedure in Joomla! back-end: Extensions -> Extension Manager -> Upload Package File. Both VJ Article Tree and VJ Article Tree for K2 modules are installed.
VJ Article Tree module can be configured in Extensions -> Module Manager -> VJ Article Tree and can be used to place article tree in module positions or articles.
VJ Article Tree for K2 module can be configured in Extensions -> Module Manager -> VJ Article Tree for K2 and can be used to place K2 item tree in module positions or articles.
Both modules have similar functionality and are configured in a similar way.
Module Usage
Displaying module
Module Class Suffix indicates specifies CSS class to be applied to this module instance.
Module Assignment in Menu Assignment tab allows to assign module to the pages to be displayed on.
Position in Details tab allows to set module position to render module in.
To place the module in an article assign some unique position to it like pos1, publish module and assign it to all pages. Then place {loadposition pos1} code into article to show the module in it.
It's possible to create many instances of the module in Module Manager by copying it or creating new one.
Module options
Icon option indicates the icon to be used to each article/K2 item. Values: pencil, camera, video-camera.
Load jQuery option specifies whether jQuery javascript library should be loaded or not. If you use other jQuery instance on the site please turn this off.
Category/K2 category allow to select category to show articles/items from.
Order by indicates the sorting for articles/items within the selcted category. Values: id, title, created, modified, ordering.
Order direction indicates the order to sort items in. Values: DESC, ASC.
Date format - format of date to display for each article/item. Default: Y-m-d.
Number of article symbols - if not null, article content is displayed. Specifies the number of symbols to display. -1 indicates that the whole content of article/item should be displayed. Default: 0.
Number of article symbols - if specified, indicates the maximum number of items to display from chosen category.
Displaying module on front-end
Module is displayed on front-end using specified module position and chosen menu items.
