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<p><strong>RokNewsPager</strong> is an article previewer and rotator. It displays content articles, in a summarised form and, using mootools based javascript transition, rotates through a series of pages displaying articles in a contracted list format.</p>

<p>RokNewsPager allows you to display a large number of news items and links in a small compact area via its paging functionality and includes a multitude of configuration options and parameters to customize how your news is displayed.</p>

<p class="notice">RokModule needs to be installed if you are using this module within Joomla 1.5.x</p>

<h3>Module Features</h3>

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    <li><strong>Javascript Transitions:</strong> using the power of mootools, the module fades between lists of your content articles</li>
    <li><strong>Previews:</strong> set the number of characters you wish to display from your articles</li>
    <li><strong>Section Control:</strong> choose all articles, or those from particular sections or categories</li>
    <li><strong>Auto Update:</strong> select whether the module auto-updates using AJAX</li>
    <li><strong>K2 Support:</strong> Fully compatible with the powerful content constructive component K2.</li>
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<h3>Module Configuration</h3>

<p>Options available at <strong>Admin &rarr; Extensions &rarr; Module Manager &rarr; <em>RokNewsPager Module</em></strong>:</p>

<h4>Other</h4>
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	<li><strong>Load built-in StyleSheet:</strong> Disable if you wish to override the standalone style by custom template styling.</li>
	<li><strong>Theme Style:</strong> <em>Light</em> and <em>Dark</em>.</li>
	<li><strong>Content Type:</strong> <em>Joomla Core Content</em> or <em>K2 Content (Requires K2 to be installed).</em></li>
	<li><strong>Module Class Suffix:</strong> Add a custom class for individual styling</li>
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<h4>Joomla Core Content</h4>

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	<li><strong>Joomla Section:</strong> Section to load tabbed content from.</li>
	<li><strong>Joomla Category:</strong> Category to load tabbed content from.</li>	
	<li><strong>Joomla Frontpage Items:</strong> Determine whether frontpage content is loaded.</li>
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<h4>Content Parameters</h4>

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	<li><strong>Count:</strong> Insert a numerical value of the number of articles you wish to appear.</li>
	<li><strong>Enable Accordion Effect:</strong> Enable the accordion module, versus standard list style.</li>
	<li><strong>Enable Paging:</strong> Display several pages if articles exceed count value.</li>
	<li><strong>Max Pages:</strong> Determine the maximum number of pages</li>
	<li><strong>Show Title:</strong> Control whether to show the article title inside the previewed content.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Thumbnails:</strong> Control whether to show the article image inside the preview content.</li>
	<li><strong>Width of thumbnail (px):</strong> Set the pixel width of any thumbnails.</li>
	<li><strong>Use Thumbnail as link:</strong> Determine whether the image becomes a link to the full article.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Thumbnail Overlay:</strong> Control whether the thumb overlay appears.</li>
	<li><strong>Overlay File:</strong> Load which file appears as the overlay over the thumbnails.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Item Ratings:</strong> Control whether to display article rating.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Readmore Link:</strong> Determine whether to show a Read More inside the preview content.</li>
	<li><strong>Read More Text:</strong> Insert the text that you wish to appear on the Read More.</li>
	<li><strong>Item Ordering:</strong> Control tab ordering — <em>Default, Oldest First, Most Recent First, Title Alphabetical, Title Reverse-Alphabetical &amp; Order</em>.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Preview Text:</strong> Control whether the preview text is shown.</li>
	<li><strong>Allowed HTML tags:</strong> Insert all HTML tags, separate by a comma, which you wish to remain intact in the snippet.</li>
	<li><strong>Preview Length:</strong> Input a numerical value which equates to how many characters you wish for the module to show.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Comment Count:</strong> Determine whether to show the number of comments for the article.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Author:</strong> Control whether to show the article author.</li>
	<li><strong>Show Published Date:</strong> Control whether to show the article publishing date.</li>
	<li><strong>Auto Update:</strong> Determine whether articles load automatically.</li>
	<li><strong>Auto Update Delay (ms):</strong> Set delay for automatic loading in milliseconds.</li>
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