{"id":37653,"date":"2015-02-02T05:21:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T10:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=37653"},"modified":"2017-07-25T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T14:45:55","slug":"joomla-3-x-image-swoop-module-settings-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-3-x-image-swoop-module-settings-overview.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 3.x. &#8220;Image Swoop&#8221; module settings overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>This tutorial is going to explain you how to manage &#8220;Image Swoop&#8221; module settings in Joomla 3.x.<\/p>\r\n<p>Image Swoop module is a combination of default Joomla Articles newsflash module and Camera Slideshow jQuery plugin. And it automatically updates with Joomla platform keeping your configuration options safe. This module has many useful features:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>32 color skins;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>more than 30 configuration options;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>10 image overlay patterns;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>32 easing effects;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>24 animation types;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>unlimited number of slides;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>assigning links to slides;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>setting animation types separately for desktop and mobile devices;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>slider dimensions can be set in pixels or percents;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>caption display and animation.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>To change slider settings you should perform the following steps:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>In your Joomla admin panel go to <strong>Extensions -&gt; Module Manager<\/strong> menu. In the list of modules find <strong>Image Swoop<\/strong> module and open it:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings1\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>In the <strong>Details<\/strong> tab you can edit module title, position, status, ordering, language and so on (common module settings):<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>The <strong>Options<\/strong> tab consists of 3 sections:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Basic options<\/strong> section contains settings for slider categories and its articles. Here you can select any category that contains articles with images for the slider, show\/hide &quot;Read more&quot; buttons on the slider, select number of the articles (images) you want to display in the slider and order them, add links to slider titles and so on:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings3-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings3\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings3-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings3-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings3.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Advanced Options<\/strong> section contains the module layout settings. Here you can apply a CSS class suffix to the module for individual module styling, control module caching, change bootstrap size (how many columns the module will use), edit module header\/title HTML tag and CSS class and so on:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings4-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings4\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings4-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings4-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings4.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Image Swoop Settings<\/strong> section contains all slider module settings. Let&#8217;s take a closer look at them.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings5-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings5\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings5-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings5-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings5.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Layout<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Theme<\/strong>. Select Image Swoop styling. To use &quot;Custom&quot; option you should have camera.css style placed to your template CSS directory.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Color skin<\/strong>. Choose the desired color from the drop-down list for the slider elements.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Script<\/strong>. Select the script you want to load. To use &quot;Custom&quot; option you should have camera.js file located in the templates\/your_template\/js directory.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Load easing<\/strong> library. Set false if it is loaded from the template files.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Load jQuery mobile<\/strong>. Set false if it is loaded from the template files.<\/p>\r\n<p>We performed some changes in the Image Swoop layout settings on our test site. You can see the results on the screenshots below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings6-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings6\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings6-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings6-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>1) Theme &#8211; Default; 2) Color Skin &#8211; magenta.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings7-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings7\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings7-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings7-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>1) Theme &#8211; Custom.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>General<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Alignment<\/strong>. Select slider alignment on the page.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Advance<\/strong>. Select it if you want to enable or disable automatic slides change (slider autoplay function).<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Mobile Advance<\/strong>. Advance option for mobile devices.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Height<\/strong>. Insert the desired slideshow height value (you can use pixel (px) or percentage (%) value).<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Min height<\/strong>. Insert the desired slideshow min height value (in px or %).<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Overlayer<\/strong>. Decide to put a layer on the images to prevent users grab them simply by right-clicking the images.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Overlay image<\/strong>. Select overlay image from the drop-down list.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Portrait<\/strong>. Select it if your slider is in portrait format.<\/p>\r\n<p>We performed some changes in the Image Swoop general settings on our test site. You can see the results on the screenshot below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings8-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings8\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings8-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings8-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings8.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>1) Alignment &#8211; topCenter; 2) Height &#8211; 30%; 3) Overlayer &#8211; true; 4) Overlay image &#8211; pattern_7; 5) Portrait &#8211; true (it affects the image width).<\/p>\r\n<p>Note: General settings (except advance and height options) will work with the default Image Swoop theme only.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loading<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader<\/strong>. If you want to add a loader to your slider, select slideshow loading icon type from the drop-down menu (Pie or Bar).<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Pie diameter<\/strong>. Set pie loading icon diameter.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Pie position<\/strong>. Select pie loading icon position.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Bar direction<\/strong>. Select loading bar animation direction.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Bar position<\/strong>. Select loading bar position.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader color<\/strong>. Select loading icon color.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader BG color<\/strong>. Select loading icon background color.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader opacity<\/strong>. Set loading icon opacity.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader padding<\/strong>. How many empty pixels you want to display between the loader and its background.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Loader stroke<\/strong>. The thickness both of the pie loader and the bar loader. Remember, for the pie, the loader thickness must be less than a half of the pie diameter.<\/p>\r\n<p>We performed some changes in the Image Swoop loading settings on our test site. You can see the results on the screenshot below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings9-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"image_swoop_settings9\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings9-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings9-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/image_swoop_settings9.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>1) Loader &#8211; pie; 2) Pie diameter &#8211; 50; 3) Pie position &#8211; rightBottom; 4) Loader color &#8211; #00F5B8; 5) Loader BG color &#8211; #FF7094; 6) Loader opacity &#8211; .6; 7) Loader padding &#8211; 2; 8) Loader stroke &#8211; 7.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Animation<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Cols<\/strong>. Set animation columns number.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Rows<\/strong>. Set animation rows number.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Sliced cols<\/strong>. Set sliced animation columns number. If you set 0, slideshow uses the value of the Cols option.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Sliced rows<\/strong>. Set sliced animation rows number. If you set 0, slideshow uses the value of the Rows option.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Easing<\/strong>. Select easing animation effect. The best way to understand how an easing will affect the slideshow animation is to see the equation graphed over time. See for a graph of all animations available via the following <a href=\"https:\/\/jqueryui.com\/resources\/demos\/effect\/easing.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Mobile Easing<\/strong>. Select easing animation effect for mobile devices.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>FX<\/strong>. Select FX animation effect. You can also use more than one affect, just separate them with commas, for example, &quot;simpleFade, scrollRight, scrollBottom&quot;.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>FX Mobile<\/strong>. Select FX animation effect for mobile devices. Leave empty if you want to display the same effect on mobile devices and on desktop etc.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Grid difference<\/strong>. To make the grid blocks slower than the slices, this value must be smaller than Transition period.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Opacity on grid<\/strong>. Decide to apply a fade affect to blocks and slices: if your slideshow is fullscreen or simply big, we recommend to set it False to have a smoother effect.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>. Milliseconds between the end of the sliding effect and start of the next one.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Transition period<\/strong>. Define transition duration in milliseconds.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong> Navigation and controls<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Pause on Hover<\/strong>. Pause on state hover. Not available for mobile devices.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Navigation and controls<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display navigation buttons.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Navigation on hover<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display navigation only on hover.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Navigation on hover (Mobile)<\/strong>. Display navigation only on hover for mobile devices.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Pagination<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display slider pagination.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Play\/pause<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display play and pause buttons.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Pause on click<\/strong>. Select it if you want to stop slider clicking on it.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Thumbnails<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display slider thumbnails. Uploaded XSmall images will be displayed as slider thumbnails.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong> Caption<\/strong> settings:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Display Caption<\/strong>. Select it if you want to display slider caption.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong> Caption Animation<\/strong>. Choose caption animation.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>This is the end of the tutorial. 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