RokNewsFlash is widget to display snippets of an post. It can cycle through post titles or a predefined number of characters of an post, which are cycled automatically. The widget supports navigation controls to override the automatic transitioning.
RokNewsFlash Configuration
Options available at Admin → Extensions → Module Manager → RokNewsFlash Module:
- Load built-in StyleSheet: Disable if you wish to override the standalone style by custom template styling.
- Theme Style: Light and Dark standalone themes.
- Posts Category: Choose the category which is going to be source for the RokNewsFlash content
- Content Type: Content or Excerpt of the post
- Max Number of Posts: Control the maximum number of posts.
- Item Ordering: Control tab ordering — Default : Newest First.
- Use Title or Intro Text: Controls what is used for the snippet, either the title of the article or an selected content type.
- PreText Label: This is the text which appears before the transitioning articles, such as Newsflash:.
- Show Controls: Control the display of the navigational controls.
- Transition Duration: This is the time, in milliseconds, for the switching of content items.
- Delay Length: This is the time, in milliseconds, for the content to remain static.
- News Indent: Input the number of pixels for the text to be indented (typically 5px more than the size of the pretext label).
- Preview Length: Input a numerical value which equates to how many characters you wish for the module to show.