Module settings

Standard settings

  • Allow comments: Check this option if comments are allowed. You can overwrite this setting for each individual post/message (only disable).
  • Title archive: Here you can set the title of the archive. The archive is accessible by clicking on a part of the date in the breadcrumb or by the links in the archive box.
  • Number of posts: Sets the number of posts that are shown on each page of the blog / newscollection.
  • Text next messages: The text that links to the next message.
  • Text previous messages: The text that links to the previous message.
  • Text read more: Text used for the link that gets you to the rest of the messages content.
  • Text no messages: The message that is shown in case no blog- or newsmessages are available.
  • Text no comments: This is the text that the visitors will see when no comments were added to the message yet.
  • Introtext: The text at the top of the main blog- or newspage.
  • Outrotext: The text at the bottom of the main blog- or newspage.

Advanced settings

  • Global comments: This option will display all the comments available for the post, regardless of the language.
  • Moderation: If checked, comments must be moderated by an admin before they are visible for public.
  • E-mail moderation: Email address whereto the moderationrequest will be sent.
  • Text make first comment: Text which invites a visitor to make the first comment.
  • Text after number of comments: Text after the number of comments.
  • Use existing newscollection: Here you can select an existing collection (different languages use same collection for example).
  • Text before tags: Text before the tags related to the post/message.
  • Tagpage title: Title for the tag page.
  • Name rssfeed:This keyword is used to access the rssfeeds. Place it behind the URL of the main blog page or a blog category to generate the feed. For example: http://www.yourdomain.com/en/blog/category1/rssfeed/
  • Text view file: This text will be used to create the link to the related file (files can be linked to each post/message).
    Setting a: use the filename to link to the file

    Result:

    Notice: You don't need to fill in the filename, it is automaticaly added to the text provided in the "Text view file" setting.

    Setting b: use customized text to link to the file
    Result:

    Notice: This syntax allows you to use any text to link to the file. To do so, add "[[ " before, and " ]]" behind the text you want to use as link to the file.

Comments

  • Title make a comment: This option allows you to set the title that apears right above the comment-form.
  • Text name: Here you can set the caption of the "name" input-field.
  • Text e-mail: Fill in the text used for the caption of the "e-mail" input-field into this field.
  • Text website: This option give you the possibility to set the caption of the "website" input-field.
  • Text comment: With this option you can alter the caption of the "comment" area.
  • Text button: Edit the text from the submit-button here.
  • Text after making comment: This is the message shown after adding a comment.
  • Text invalid data: Here you can set the message that appears when the form couldn't be sent. Input fields with invalid data will be highlighted.

Images

  • Width thumb: Width of the thumbnail image of the post/message.
  • Height thumb: Height of the thumbnail image of the post/message.
  • Width normal: Width of the normal image of the post/message.
  • Height normal: Height of the normal image of the post/message.

All the numeric values set for this options, represent the amount of pixels used for the width or height. Images will be resized according to their orginal width/height ratio.

Template list

When a post/message is shown on the website, its variables are parsed into html/css/js. By altering the code from the listtemplate you got the possibilty to change the way those variables are displayed in the list.

Don't modify the template if you don't have a basic knowledge of HTML and PHP.

This is the list of the variables that can be used for the "Template list":

  • $posturl: The URL of the file, used to link to the post.
  • $posttitle: Title of the post.
  • $postauthor: Author of the post.
  • $postdate: Date on which the post was added.
  • $posttime: Time on which the post was added.
  • $postcontent_short: This variable contains the summary of the postcontent.
  • $readmore: Link to the complete article.
  • $postcomments: Comments added to the post.
  • $posttags:
  • $postimage: Thumbnail of the image uploaded for the post.
  • $postfile: Name of the file added to the post.
  • $postfileurl: URL of the file added to the post.
  • $postcontent: The content provided for the post.
  • $postfilelink: Link to the file uploaded for the post. The filename itself will be used for the link by default, if you want to customize your link click here for more information.
  • $postsummary: Summary of the post.

Template detailpage

When a post/message is shown in detail on the website, its variables are parsed into html/css/js. By altering the code from the detailpage template you got the possibilty to change the way those variables are displayed in the detailpage.

Don't modify the template if you don't have a basic knowledge of HTML and PHP.

This is the list of the variables that can be used for the "Template detailpage":

  • $posttitle: This variable contains the title of the post.
  • $postcontent: This variable contains the content of the post.
  • $nextpost: This is the variable that contains the link to the next post.
  • $previouspost: This is the variable that contains the link to the previous post.

Template comments

When a comment is shown on the website, its variables are parsed into html/css/js. By altering the code from the comment-template you got the possibilty to change the way those variables are displayed.

Don't modify the template if you don't have a basic knowledge of HTML and PHP.

This is the list of the variables that can be used for the "Template comments":

  • $commentauthor: The author of the comment.
  • $commentdate: Date on which the comment was added.
  • $commenttime: Time on which the comment was added.
  • $comment: The comment itself.