Ezee Accordion module Installation, configuration and usage This tutorial will show you how to install, configure and use Ezee Accordion module
Author: Igor Mihaljko Date: 24. May 2008
Ezee Accordion module
Table of Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 3 Ezee Accordion module installation ........................................................................................................ 4 Ezee Accordion module configuration .................................................................................................... 5 Ezee Accordion module frontend............................................................................................................ 7 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 7
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Igor Mihaljko support@ninjoomla.com 24. May 2008
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Ezee Accordion module
Preface Welcome, aspiring Ninja. This tutorial will explain how to install, configure and use Ezee Accordion module. Tutorial will cover all the steps that are needed to go through to module installation, configuration and customization.
Introduction Ninja Ezee Accordion allows you to create a dynamic, modern, interactive style menu and display system for Joomla!/Mambo. Now you can place multiple modules inside the most advanced accordion module available allowing you to save space and time for you and your users. Also supported are basic access level controls, hiding accordion panes (modules) as per the standard Mambo/Joomla! access groups, giving you a greater degree of control over who gets to see your content. Let's start the tutorial by installing the Ezee Accordion module. Log into the Joomla Administrator Panel and follow the steps to install component.
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Igor Mihaljko support@ninjoomla.com 24. May 2008
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Ezee Accordion module installation Click “Installers” -> “Modules”:
Picture 1: Install new module
Click the “Browse” button and choose the Ezee Accordion module archive on disk to install.
Picture 2: Click the “Upload File & Install” button
Click on the “Upload File & Install” button to install module. After few moments (this depends on your network and internet speed) the screen with message that installation was successful should appear.
Picture 3: Click on the "Continue" link
When the module is successfully installed you should do some initial so the module will be customized according to your needs and wishes. Let’s do that now.
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Ezee Accordion module configuration Click “Modules” -> “Site modules”:
Picture 4: Start module configuration screen
Choose the Ezee Accordion module:
Picture 5: Choose Ezee Accordion module
Set the „Published“ state to „Yes“ and make some customization to the module parameters. Here is the list of the rest of options that can be configured with this module:
Picture 6: Ezee Accordion module backend options
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Module class suffix – A suffix to be applied to the css class of the module (table.moduletable), this allows individual module styling. Include mootools script – If you already have a mootools script (with the slide functions included) or this is the second or subsequent module hider, set this to no. Alternately you can set this to Auto and the module will try to work out for itself if mootools is installed. Auto may not work correctly if you have different versions of mootools installed. Include CSS File – If you wish to write your own CSS and add it to your site template CSS files then set this to no. XHTML/CSS validation – due to limitations in Mambo and Joomla we must use certain PHP functions to have the module output valid XHTML and CSS. These functions are sensitive and will crash your site if it contains any PHP errors, producing a white content-less screen. Please switch validation off if this happens to you Module Ids – A comma separated list of module IDs. Do not put spaces between the commas or at either end. When you are satisfied with the chosen configuration option, click on „Save“ button.
Picture 7: Save Ezee Accordion module configuration
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Ezee Accordion module frontend When you are done with the Ezee Accordion module configuration this is how it will look on frontend of your site:
Picture 8: Ezee Accordion module on frontend
Conclusion This concludes my tutorial about installation, configuration and usage of the Ezee Accordion module. I hope that this tutorial will be useful to some of you. If you have any questions regarding this module, please, leave message on Ninjoomla support forum which supplies important information and helps you with installing or customizing your Ninjoomla extensions in order to make it as easy as possible for you.
Author is working for Nijoomla extension club as freelancer in charge of writing extension documentation. You can reach him through contact form on his web site http://www.mihhavision.com or by writing him to email mihha@inet.hr.
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Igor Mihaljko support@ninjoomla.com 24. May 2008
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