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Minitek Wall consists of 2 basic extensions:

1. Minitek Wall component

2. Minitek Wall module

To install Minitek Wall:

1. Log in to Joomla administrator control panel

2. Go to Extensions > Install

3. Click on Upload Package File

4. Select the zip files of the extension and click on Upload & Install

   
   

The extension must be authenticated before you can update it. To authenticate and update Minitek Wall:

1. Go to Downloads Section and download the latest version of the plugin Minitek Updates Authentication.

2. Install the plugin in your website via the Extension Manager.

3. Open the plugin, publish it and paste your Download ID into the Download ID parameter. Click on Save & Close.

   (You can find your Download ID here)

4. That's it! The extension will now notify you whenever there is a new version released. Please note that you will be able to receive updates only for the duration of your subscription at Minitek.gr.

Minitek Wall is content agnostic. This means that you can feed any type of content from any 3rd party extension to the widget. This is done via content plugins (source plugins).

The following source plugins are currently available:

1. Minitek Source - Content

2. Minitek Source - Images PRO

3. Minitek Source - RSS PRO

4. Minitek Source - Custom Items PRO

5. Minitek Source - EasyBlog PRO

6. Minitek Source - FAQ Book PRO

7. Minitek Source - PDF PRO

8. Minitek Source - Audio PRO

9. Minitek Source - Videos PRO

Content plugins must be installed manually. You can download content plugins (source plugins) from the Downloads section. More content plugins will be released in the future. You can even create your own content plugin for any 3rd party extension.

Content mode

Select the type of content for this widget.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Joomla Articles

Current category

Shows articles of current category only. Works in a Joomla category page.

Category filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected categories. Has no effect if Current category is enabled.

Categories

Select categories (or leave empty to select all). Has no effect if Current category is enabled.

Children categories

Include or exclude items from children categories.

Category depth

The number of child category levels to return.

Filter levels

If greater than zero, each item will also be assigned to category filters up to this parent level. This means that an article in a child category will also belong to a filter of parent categories up to this level.

Tag filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected tags.

Tags

Select tags (or leave empty to select all).

Include children tags

Include or exclude items from children tags.

Author filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected authors.

Authors

Select authors (or leave empty to select all).

Date filtering

Select the date filtering type.

Date range field

Select the field for the date range.

Start date range

If date range is selected, enter a starting date.

To date

If date range is selected, enter an end date.

Relative date

If relative date is selected, enter the number of days. Results will be retrieved relative to the current date and the value you enter.

Show featured

Select visibility of featured items.

Article IDs to exclude

Enter each item ID on a new line.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. Featured ordering should only be used when filtering option for featured articles is set to Only featured. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Image type

The item image type.

• Introtext: Joomla Article > Images and Links > Intro image
• Fulltext: Joomla Article > Images and Links > Full article image
• Inline: First image found in article content

Joomla Categories

Categories

Select categories (or leave empty to select all).

Children categories

Include or exclude children categories.

Tags

Select tags (or leave empty to select all).

Date range

Displays items within a specific date range.

Start date

Enter a start date for the date range.

End date

Enter an end date for the date range.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Select a directory

Select a root directory within the directory /images. All subdirectories of the root directory will serve as category filters.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

File or url

Enter a relative path to a local RSS file or an absolute RSS url.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Group

Select a custom items group. The group must contain items.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Date range

Displays items within a specific date range.

Start date

Enter a start date for the date range.

End date

Enter an end date for the date range.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Category filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected categories.

Categories

Select categories (or leave empty to select all).

Children categories

Include or exclude items from children categories.

Tag filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected tags.

Tags

Select tags (or leave empty to select all).

Team filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected teams.

Teams

Enter the IDs of the teams, separated by commas (for example: 1,4,92).

Author filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected authors.

Authors

Enter the IDs of the authors, separated by commas (for example: 1,4,92).

Date range

Displays items within a specific date range.

Start date

Enter a start date for the date range.

End date

Enter an end date for the date range.

Items IDs to exclude

Enter the IDs of the items to be excluded, separated by commas (for example: 1,4,92).

Only featured

Show only featured items.

Frontpage items

Select visibility of frontpage items.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Image type

The item image type.

• Article image: First image found in the Media library of this item.
• Inline image: First image found in item content.

Content mode

Select the type of content for this widget.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Questions

Topic filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected topics.

Topics

Select topics (or leave empty to select all).

Children topics

Include or exclude items from children topics.

Topic depth

The number of children topics levels to return.

Filter levels

If greater than zero, each item will also be assigned to topic filters up to this parent level. This means that a question in a child topic will also belong to a filter of parent topics up to this level.

Author filtering type

Include or exclude items from the selected authors.

Author

Select author (or leave empty to select all).

Date filtering

Select the date filtering type.

Date range field

Select the field for the date range.

Start date range

If date range is selected, enter a starting date.

End date

If date range is selected, enter an end date.

Relative date

If relative date is selected, enter the number of days. Results will be retrieved relative to the current date and the value you enter.

Show featured

Select visibility of featured items.

Question IDs to exclude

Enter each item ID on a new line.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Image type

The item image type.

• Question image: Question > Options > Image
• Inline image: First image found in question content

Topics

Topics

Select topics (or leave empty to select all).

Children topics

Include or exclude children topics.

Date range

Displays items within a specific date range.

Start date

Enter a start date for the date range.

End date

Enter an end date for the date range.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Select a folder

Select a root directory within the directory /media/pdf. All subdirectories of the root category will serve as category filters.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Select a directory

Select a root directory within the directory /media/audio. All subdirectories of the root directory will serve as category filters. Accepted audio file formats: mp3, wav, and ogg.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Select a directory

Select a root directory within the directory /media/videos. All subdirectories of the root directory will serve as category filters. Accepted video file formats: mp4, webm, and ogg.

Offset

Number of items to displace or pass over.

Order by

Items will be ordered by this field. If random ordering is selected, pagination must be disabled otherwise the widget will display duplicate items.

Ordering direction

Sorts items in ascending or descending order.

Template

Allows for creating a custom template (template override).

Class suffix

A suffix to be applied to the widget container. This allows for individual styling.

Page title

Shows/hides the active menu item page title. Always disable if you are using the Minitek Wall module.

Description

Displays the widget description text above the wall.

Select grid

Select custom PRO or preset grid. If Custom Grid is selected, you must also select a specific grid in the next parameter.

Custom grid PRO

Select a specific custom grid.

  Items sizes

Each grid may contain items of different sizes and the contents for each item size can be independently configured via the parameters of the tab Detail box.

• Big B

• Landscape L

• Portrait P

• Small S

• Equal columns E

• Vertical list V

Masonry grids (custom or preset) contain a combination of BLPS items.

Equal columns grids contain E items.

Vertical list grids contain V items.

For example, Masonry - Grid 7 contains:

1 * B     1 * L     1 * P     4 * S

Columns

Number of columns for the Equal columns layout.

Layout mode

• Masonry: The default layout mode. Items are arranged in a vertically cascading grid without leaving any gaps.
• FitRows: Items are arranged into rows. Works well for items that have the same height.

Force equal height

If FitRows is selected in the above field and the detail box position is set to Below, the detail box of all items in Masonry - Columns layout will inherit the height of the tallest detail box.

Gutter

Items spacing in pixels.

Items border radius

Radius that will be applied to the item's 4 edges (round edges), in pixels.

Items border size

Size of border in pixels.

Items border color

Border color.

To create a template override for a masonry widget:

1. Create a directory com_minitekwall inside the html directory of your website template.

2. Create a directory masonry inside the com_minitekwall directory.

3. Copy the files

   default.phpdefault_masonry.phpdefault_columns.phpdefault_list.phpdefault_filters.phpdefault_sortings.phpdefault_pagination.php

   from

   PATH_TO_JOOMLA/components/com_minitekwall/tmpl/masonry/

   to

   PATH_TO_JOOMLA/templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/html/com_minitekwall/masonry/

4. Rename the new files, using the same base name; for example

   override.phpoverride_masonry.phpoverride_columns.phpoverride_list.phpoverride_filters.phpoverride_sortings.phpoverride_pagination.php

5. In the field Layout >Template, select the new template override.

6. If you have selected a Masonry - Grid layout, you must customize the file override_masonry.php. If you have selected a Masonry - Columns layout, you must customize the file override_columns.php. If you have selected a Vertical list layout, you must customize the file override_list.php.

The following code can be used to display custom fields in the wall:

$item->jcfields = Joomla\Component\Fields\Administrator\Helper\FieldsHelper::getFields('com_content.article', $item, true);$fields = [];foreach ($item->jcfields as $jcfield) {  $fields[$jcfield->name] = $jcfield;}

To display all fields, use the following code:

To display a specific custom field, use the following code:

Images/Videos

Select whether you want to display images or videos in the widget. Videos iframes are retrieved automatically from the item description text. If you select Videos & Images, then images will be displayed only when there is no video for an item.

Enable image link

If enabled, clicking on the item image will redirect to the item page.

Fallback image path

Relative path to image. This image will be displayed if an item does not have an image. Leave blank if you don't want to display a fallback image.

Crop images

If this parameter is enabled, all images will be cropped to the specified dimensions. The images will be cropped starting from the center of the image.