Labels in a Cloud

To display a module of a list of labels in a "cloud" style, add a new module.  Select Labels - Label Cloud from the list of modules.  The result will be similar to the following screenshot.

Screenshot

Module Options

This module has the following options available:

  • Label Ordering - The order is which to list the content with the selected label.
  • Label Limit - The maximum number of labels to display in the cloud, or zero to display all labels.
  • Empty Labels - Optionally be able to hide labels which have no content in them yet.
  • Content Count - Optionally show the number of content items have that label.
  • Follow Links - Optionally toggle whether the links should be followed by search engines.
  • Label Feed - Optionally provide the syndication Atom/RSS feed link in the HTML document.

For assistance with creating and maintaining Joomla modules, see the official Joomla documentation:

Customization

This page may be customized using the Joomla layout override system.  You need to be able to create new files and edit them on your web hosting site using FTP or other tools that are available to you (contact your web host if you need more information).

All file paths are relative to the directory in which Joomla is installed.  When looking a files you need to create, it is assumed that you will create the necessary folders if they don't already exist in each case.  The directory default_template refers to the template that is set as the default for your site.  Please replace this name with the actual name of the template directory.

To create the layout override for this page, find the file:

/modules/mod_labels_cloud/tmpl/default.php

Copy this to:

/templates/default_template/html/mod_labels_cloud/default.php

Make the desired adjustments to the source code to the new file you created and then save it.  Your changes should be reflected when you refresh the appropriate page.

For more information on layout overrides, see http://www.theartofjoomla.com/topics/layout-overrides.html