Module last_articles

This module displays the most recently submitted articles, in reverse chronological order, and provides a link to each page.

Usage

You will see it listed at "Admin > Modules > Assign new module > Module Name (drop down)" (tiki-admin_modules.php).

You can assign a this module to a lateral column (See Module Admin page if needed), or you can include it within a wiki page, using the PluginModule:

{MODULE(module=>last_articles) /}

Parameter	Value	Description	Default
type	string	one of the article type value(ex:Article)	any	optional
topicId	ID	topic ID	any	optional
topic	string	topic name (be careful that if you change the topic name the module will not be updated	any	optional
categId	ID	categoryId	any	optional
lang	string	the iso_639_1 code (ex:en)	any	optional
offset	integer	start at specified offset from top (zero is most recent)	0	optional
showImg	interger	Width of the image	0	optional
showDate	y or n	show the date	n	optional
showHeading	numeric	max characters of the heading to show. -i for no truncation	n	optional
nonums	y or n	displays the line number	n	optional
absurl	y or n	displays a relative or absolute link	n	optional
more	y or n	displays a more button that links to the articles homepage	n	optional	tw>=1.10

• 'offset' is new in 3.0

See PluginModule for additional parameters that can be used.

The assigned module looks like this:

MODULE(module=last_articles, showHeading=y, showDate=y, max=5) /}

If you see the error message: "Sorry, no such module
last_articles" then edit the plugin and choose one of the article modules that are included in your version of tiki

Related Pages

See these pages for information that applies for all modules:

• Module--Overall introduction and overview
• Module Admin--Introduction to the module admin pages for site-wide and individual module settings
  • Assigning Modules--How to select a module to configure it
  • Module Settings Interface--Interface for configuring individual module settings
  • Module Settings Parameters--Explanation of standard parameter settings for modules
  • Creating Custom Modules--How to create user modules
• Index of Modules--Links to the documentation of individual modules
• User Modules--how (if the feature is active) users can choose and place their modules
• Mods Type Modules--links to modules that are installed as components