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   4  <title>Site Module - New</title>
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   7  <body><strong class="title">Modules: New</strong>
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  10            <td width="16%" align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Purpose:</td>
  11            <td width="84%" valign="top" class="data"><p>The <strong>User</strong> module is
  12                 a custom module&nbsp;created when clicking the &#39;New&#39; icon
  13                 in the Module Manager. You can use this module to display Content
  14                 (this content is not related to Sections, Categories or Static
  15                 Content Items) or an RSS Feed. </p><strong>Details </strong>&nbsp;
  16                 <ul>
  17                      <li><strong>Title</strong>: Title of the module to display on the page.</li>
  18                      <li><strong>Show title</strong>: Decides if the Title will display or not on the page. It is not usual to display this title for banners.</li>
  19                      <li><strong>Position</strong>: Sets which of the positions available the module will display in.</li>
  20                      <li><strong>Module order</strong>: The order the module will appear among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.</li>
  21                      <li><strong>Access Level</strong>: Sets who can view this module. Public, Registered or Special.</li>
  22                      <li><strong>Published</strong>: Sets if the module contents will show on the Frontend of your Web site (if chosen Position is available in the template).</li>
  23                      <li><strong>ID</strong>: This is the ID number for the module item. This is auto-allocated by the Mambo system when the module is saved.</li>
  24                      <li><strong>Description:</strong> This is a short description of the functions provided by the Module Type</li>
  25                      <li><strong>Pages / Items:</strong> Sets on which pages the module should be displayed.</li>
  26            </ul></td></tr>
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  28            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Usage:</td>
  29            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
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  32            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Default State: </td>
  33            <td valign="top" class="data">n/a</td>
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  36            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Parameters:</td>
  37            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
  38                 <li><strong>Module Class Suffix</strong>: Add a suffix if needed to be applied to the CSS class of the module (table.moduletable) to allow individual module styling.</li>
  39                 <li><font color=
  40  "#000000"><strong>Custom Output:</strong> Here you may enter any text&nbsp; or code you like that you wish to display it&#39;s output&nbsp; in
  41                      this module anywhere on the pages of your site. NOTE: This content may not be accessed through a Menu Item.</font></li>
  42            </ul><font color=
  43  "#000000">
  44                 <p><strong>The following Parameters are only relevant to the creation of a module who's express purpose is to to hold RSS feed output. </strong></p>
  45                 </font><ul>
  46                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>RSS URL</strong>: Enter
  47                                here the URL of the RSS feed you want to display
  48                           on your site.</font></li>
  49                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>Feed description</strong>:
  50                                Choose to show or hide the description text for
  51                                the whole Feed.</font></li>
  52                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>Feed Image</strong>: Choose
  53                                          to show or not the image associated with
  54                                the whole feed.</font></li>
  55                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>Items</strong>:
  56                                     Enter the number of RSS Items to display.
  57                                If this number is higher than the number fixed
  58                                by the Syndicating site, the latter one will be
  59                                used.</font></li>
  60                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>Item description</strong>:
  61                                          Type the description or intro text for
  62                                individual News Items.</font></li>
  63                      <li><font color="#000000"><strong>Word Count</strong>:
  64                                     Choose the the maximum number of visible words
  65                                     available from the description of the New
  66                                Item. 0 means all text will be displayed.</font></li>
  67                      <li> <font color=
  68  "#000000"><strong>Enable Cache:</strong> Cache the contents of the Module..</font></li>
  69            </ul></td>
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  71       <tr>
  72            <td align="right" valign="top" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" class="datalabel">Toolbar Icons: </td>
  73            <td valign="top" class="data"><ul>
  74                 <li><strong>Preview</strong>: Preview Module. NOTE: You can only
  75                      Preview typed modules. </li>
  76                 <li><strong>Save</strong>: Save changes and return to Module Manager. </li>
  77                 <li><strong>Apply</strong>: Apply changes without exiting the page. </li>
  78                 <li><strong>Cancel</strong>: Cancel without saving your changes. </li>
  79            </ul></td>
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