VP Manufacturer Carousel User Guide

This documentation covers the use of the VP Manufacturer Carousel - Joomla Module for VirtueMart.

Installation

Download the module package and install the same using Joomla Extension Installer. Now go to Module Manager, configure the module as per your requirement. Publish it at your desired module position and against desired menu items.

Configuration

The following section explains all configuration options for the module.

General Options

The following section covers all general options of the module.

General Options
Display

Select your desired display settings from the two options - All Manufacturers and Selected Manufacturers. If you select All Manufacturers option you will see the Category field below. If you select Selected Manufacturers option you will see Select Manufacturers field below.

Select Manufacturers

This field can be seen only when Selected Manufacturers display option is selected above. You can select your desired manufacturers to be displayed in this field.

Category

This field can be seen only when All Manufacturers display option is selected above. You can filter the manufacturers by category against this field. Select All Manufacturers option to show all.

Logo Linked To

Select the page to which it will go when a image/logo is clicked. Available options are given below:

  1. No Link - Not linked to any page.
  2. Manufacturer Details Page - To respective manufacturer details page.
  3. Manufacturer's Products Page - To their respective product listing page.
Menu Link for Product Listing

Select a menu item to define the Itemid of the linked result page.

Logo Background Color

Optional background color for the images.

Logo Border Color

Optional border color for the images.

Logo Border Radius

Logo border radius in Pixels. Works only on CSS3 supported Browsers.

Image Padding

Optional padding around the images in Pixels.

Visible Items
Visible Items - Desktop

The number of items you want to see on the screen if Window width >=1200px.

Visible Items - Small Desktop

The number of items you want to see on the screen if Window width >=992px and <1200px.

Visible Items - Tablet

The number of items you want to see on the screen if Window width >=768px and <992px.

Visible Items - Mobile

The number of items you want to see on the screen if Window width <768px.

Carousel Settings
Margin

Margin between the items in pixels.

Lazy Load

If yes, images will be loaded lazily.

Show Navigation

If yes, left and right navigations will be displayed.

Show Pagination

If yes, pagination dots will be displayed.

Rewind Navigation

Slide to first item. Use Rewind Speed to change animation speed.

Auto Play

Auto play carousel.

Scroll Per Page

If yes, scrolling happens per page/slide. If no, scrolling happens per item/image.

Autoplay Timeout

Autoplay interval timeout in milliseconds.

Autoplay Pause On Hover

Pause autoplay on mouse hover.

Slide Speed

Slide speed in milliseconds.

Pagination Speed

Pagination speed in milliseconds.

Rewind Speed

Rewind speed in milliseconds.

Custom Texts
Header Text

Add additional text to be shown at top of the carousel.

Footer Text

Add additional text to be shown at footer of the carousel.

Advanced Options

The following section covers all new advanced options specific to the module.

Advanced Options
Load jQuery Library

This option is only visible in Joomla 2.5. This must be Enabled by default. If your Joomla Template or any other extension has already loaded jQuery librabry in the page then only you should disable it.

Load OWL Carousel Plugin

This must be Enabled by default. If your Joomla Template or any other extension has already loaded this librabry in the page then only you should disable it.