RokStories is a great module to display your articles and accompanying images as a featured item. The module itself is facilitated by Mootools to transition between images and articles seamlessly. Perfect for showcasing featured articles on your site, as seen on the frontpage.

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How do I configure RokStories?

We will take a quick look at the parameters you will find when you install this module. There are 4 columns, parameters, options, demo and description. The parameter column lists each available setting for the module; options lists the available options to choose from; demo lists the options chosen on the demo and description outlines what the module does.

Parameter

Show Title
Enabled
Position
Section
Category
Order
# of Articles
Thumbnail Width
Authors
Frontpage Items
First Article
Thumbs Opacity
Nav Interaction
Autoplay
Autoplay Delay
Module Class Suffix

Options

Yes : No
Yes : No
list of positions
list of sections
list of categories
list of orders
Number Field
Number Field
list of authors
Show : Hide
Number Field
Number Field
Click : Hover
Yes : No
Number Field
Text Field

Demo

Yes
Yes
feature
News
RokStories
Recently Modified First
4
90
Anyone
Show
0
0.3
Hover
No
5000
leave blank

Description

Enable/Disable the module header
Enable/Disable the module
Position of the module
Section of content
Category of content
Ordering of content
Number of articles displayed
Pixel width of thumbs
Choose specific author articles
Display frontpage items
Article displayed first
Transparency (pc) of thumbs
Transition trigger type
Auto or manual transition
Time for transition
Suffix applied to the code

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