Catalog - Category Cloud

This module sisplays a list of list of categories in a cloud formation based on the number of items in each category.  Links point to the Node View.

Options

The following options are available in this module:

• Start at category - Start the cloud with all the children of the selected category..
• Order - The order in which to display the categories.
  
• Limit - The number of categories to display.
• Show Empty Categories - Optionally show categories which have no catalog items in them.
• Show Sub-categories - In the cloud, show all the sub-categories under the selected category.
  
• Show Item Count - Optionally show the number of catalog items that are in each category.
  

Advanced Options

• Follow links - Allow search engines to follow the links, otherwise set the links so search engines ignore them (no follow).
• Force Itemid - If a menu item is selected, this will be used to override the Itemid if you want to force links in the module to behave in a particular way..
• Include Default Stylesheet - Optionally include the default stylesheet supplied with the module to style the cloud list.
• Module Class Suffix - A suffix that is applied to the CSS class of the module, allowing for individual styling of the module.
• Caching - Whether to cache this module.
• Cache Time - The period in time, in minutes, before the module is refreshed.

Layout Variations

This module only comes with a default layout.

Layout Overrides

We cannot cater for all the possible combinations and variations by just using parameters.  Therefore we leave it up to the site owner to use layout overrides to provide additional customisation of the supplied layout(s).

To create a layout override for this module, copy the following file:

/modules/mod_catalog_category_cloud/tmpl/default.php

to

/templates/your_template/html/mod_catalog_category_cloud/default.php

where your_template is the name of the directory for the default template you have set for your site.  Make any adjustments to this new file.  Never make changes to the original file as you risk loosing them when you upgrade this extension.

Please note that the Alternate Layout also looks in the Layout Overrides folder for the module, so you can include additional layouts with your template to choose from.