Joomla 1.5 Featured Articles ModuleEver wanted to draw attention to a few particular articles in your joomla website? This simple module allows you to do just that. You just specify the content IDs of the articles you want to feature, and they will their title will get displayed in a simple module. Now also supports Joomla 1.5 natively!
The idea behind this module is that you might have written a few articles which you like particularly and want to display on the frontpage or in some particular menu link. You could create a new menu to display them and choose the items you like, or you could use this simple module. Just install using the standard module installation. Then you have the following parameters: - Content Item IDs - the content item IDs of the articles you want to feature. These must be enclosed in brackets (), and if there is more than one they must be separated by a comma e.g. (1,2,3)
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If you like it, please take a moment to write a small review on the Joomla Extensions site, vote for us, or link to us!  The price is obviously dirt cheap to make it affordable to all, whilst at the same time helping to support further development of this and other modules. Standard Edition - Download (Free)If you like it, please take a moment to write a small review on the Joomla Extensions site, vote for us, or link to us! The module should be fairly easy to use, however if you find any problem while use it, please drop a line in the comments below or contact, and we try our best to support you. If you like it and used it, please do leave a comment with a link to your site, it would be good to know that other people have found it useful. We consider this to be just a drop in the open-source ocean. If you'd like to see it in action, just take a look to the left (Featured Articles).
CompatibilityThe current version supports Joomla 1.5 natively, with various layouts. Other versions exists for Joomla 1.0 . InstallationTo install the module, simple go to Extensions > Install / Uninstall, Browse for the file and click Upload and Install. ConfigurationConfiguration of the module is done via Extensions > Module Manager. Click on the Joomla Featured Articles item, and you will see a screenshot similar to the one below: 
You then need to find the content item ids of the articles you want to display. This is done by going to Content > Article Manager, click on the first article you want to display and in the Publishing parameters in the right you will find the content item id as shown in the figure below. The content item id is 19 in the example below. 
Find the content items of all the articles you want to feature and then in the Content Item Id parameter of the module, enter all the item ids. If you want to feature articles with content items ids 37, 25, 38 and 50, the Content Item Id parameter of the module will be (37,25,38,50) as shown in the screenshot above. This parameter is required, and unless the format is (37,25,38,50) with your content ids instead of the numbers, the module will not work. The rest of parameters are: - Ordering - determines the way the items are ordered when shown
- Layout (Default / Table)
- Default is a bullet style created by using DIVs, ULs and LIs
- Table - creates a table with the items
You need to experiement to see which layout fits best with your site. You can also create your own template, make a copy of the default.php and name it custom.php. Style it as you require, by making the appropriate changes to the HTML without touching any of the php. Once you save the custom.php you can choose it from withing the Module Parameters.
- Module class suffix - this allows you to create individual CSS styling as per normal Joomla styling
Then give the module a position, publish it and you're up and running. Screenshot
SupportPlease post to the forums of you need help in configuring the module. CSS Styling Service
A lot of people have been having problems styling the module. The module supports any styling you require, though it seems that most people have trouble configuring the styles. Most requests have been for helping to style the modules to the look and feel of a particular website. For those who don't understand the way CSS works, or want a quick touch up of the module to suit your site's style, I'm offering a special service, priced at €10 to customize the module. I have helped numerous people in the past, unfortunately, time has become so limited that I need to start asking for a small fee for this service. If you are interested please contact us. Do you like this module? - Buy me a beer (€3) If you liked this module, please consider buying me a beer  Every drop counts! No guarantees that any donations will be spent on new development rather than beer, though every effort will be made to spend all donations on new developments Warning: Installing 3rd party extensions may compromise Joomla's security. Make sure that you trust any 3rd party extension that you install.
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