It explains the setting method in this page at each menu layout.

JContentPlus 1.2 has 7 layouts.

Front Page Layout was added from version 1.2.

Category Blog Layout was added from version 1.2.
Moreover, so as not to display the one not so made as a menu, it changed.

1. Article Layout

This layout displays one article.

Basic parameters

The parameter is only one.

 

Component parameters

Please see the following link.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

2. Blog Categories Layout

This layout displays the articles in multiple categories by the blog format.

What is the difference with Section Blog Layout of Joomla?

• It is possible to display articles in two or more sections.
• This layout have Category List View(Like Directory).
• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus

Basic parameters

• Category List
  • List Title
    Title of Category List. It is displayed above the list of the category.
  • Display Category List
    If No, It is not displayed the list of the category.
  • Empty Sections in Section
    If Hide, it is not displayed the section that does not have a category.
  • Category Description
    Show/Hide Category Description
  • Category Desc Limit
    Limit number of the letters
  • Display Category Image
    Show/Hide Category Image
  • Image Width
    Only Numeric Value(px)
  • Num Category Artciles
    Show/Hide The number of the articles that the category has.
  • Display Section
    Show/Hide Section
  • Display Section Image
    Show/Hide Section Image
  • Image Width
    Only Numeric Value(px)
  • Section Description
    Show/Hide Section Description
  • Section Desc Limit
    Limit number of the letters
  • Section Order
  • Category Order
  • Position
  • Column Num
• Section
  • Display Sections
    Please select the sections that you want to display. If you do not select, it is displayed the articles of all sections.
• Option
  • Num Leading
    Number of Articles to display as a Leading (full width) Article. 0 will mean that no Articles will be displayed as Leading.
  • Num Intro
    Number of Articles to display with the Intro Text showing.
  • Columns
    When organising the Intro Text identify how many columns to display per row.

Component parameters

Please see the following link.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

3. Category Blog Layout

This layout displays an Article Category in Blog format.

What is the difference with Category List Layout of Joomla?

• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus

Basic parameters

• These parameters are the same as the parameter of Category Blog Layout of Joomla.

Advanced parameters

• These parameters are the same as the parameter of Category Blog Layout of Joomla.

Component parameters

Please see the following link.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

4. Category List Layout

Displays a list of Articles in a Category.

What is the difference with Category List Layout of Joomla?

• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus
• Caching is done as for sorting.

Basic parameters

• Category
  Please select a category.(required)
• #Links
  Number of items to display as links.
• Table Headings
  Show/HIde the Table Headings
• Date Column
  Show/HIde the Date column
• Date Format
  The format of the date displayed (using PHPs strftime command Format)
  . If left blank, it will load the format from your language file.
• Filter
  Show/Hide the Filter ability
• Filter Field
  Which field shall the filter apply to

Advanced parameters

• Primary Order
  Order that the items will be displayed in.
• Pagination
  Show/Hide Pagination support
• Display Select
  Show/Hide the Display Select dropdown
• Show a feed link
  Select whether or not the Feed Links will be displayed.

Component parameters

Please see the following link.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

5. Section Article List Layout

Displays a list of Articles in a Section.

What is the difference with Category List Layout of Joomla?

• It is possible to display articles in two or more categories.
• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus.
• Caching is done as for sorting.

 

Basic parameters

• Section(required)
  • Section
    Please select a section.
  • Description
    Show/Hide Section Description
  • Description Image
    Show/Hide Section Image
• Category
  • Empty Categories
    Show/Hide empty(no items) categories in Section view
  • Num Columns
    When 2 or more, It is displayed with table columns.
  • Number Category Items
    Show/Hide Number of items in category
  • Category Description
    Show/Hide Category Description
• Articles
  • List Limit
    Number of displayed article items per page
• Thumbnail
  • Show Thumbnail
    Show/Hide Thumbnail of the first image in the article
  • Default Image
    When the article doesn't have the image, this is displayed.
  • These the following are parameters in the thumbnail image.
    • Thumbnail Align
    • Size
    • vspace
    • hspace

Component parameters

Please see the following about the parameter of the component.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

6. Front Page Blog Layout

This layout displays the articles in Frontpage by the blog format.

What is the difference with FrontPage of Joomla?

• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus

Basic parameters

• Num Leading
  Number of Articles to display as a leading (full width) Article. 0 will mean that no Articles will be displayed as leading.
• Num Intro
  Number of Articles to display with the Intro text shown.
• Columns
  When displaying the Intro text, set how many columns to use per row
• Num Links
  Number of Items to display as Links.

Advanced Parameters

• Category Order
  Order items by category
• Primary Order
  Order that the Items will be displayed in.
• Multi Column Order
  Order articles down or across columns
• Pagination
  Show/Hide Pagination support
• Pagination Results
  Show/Hide Pagination Results Information ( e.g 1-4 of 4 )
• Show a feed link
  Select whether or not the Feed Links will be displayed.

Component parameters

Please see the following about the parameter of the component.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.

7. Page Layout

This layout is displayed uncategorized contents.

What is the difference with Page Layout of Joomla?

• In JContentPlus, the page(uncategorized content) is possible to hierarchize.
  The display that makes a hierarchical relation of the pages like Item Navigation is possible.
  Moreover, the hierarchical relation can be displayed like Page Index(Page List).
• It is possible to override parameters of JContentPlus

Basic parameters

• Select Page
  Please select a page
• Page List
  If the selected page has another page related to the hierarchy, this list is displayed.

• Page List
  Show/Hide Page List
• Title of the page index
  Title of Page List
• Position
  Select Top or Bottom

Component parameters

Please see the following about the parameter of the component.

Menu Parameters(Component)

System parameters

These are parameters that the system of Joomla.