1. GETTING STARTED WITH
BJ CONTENT TAB
Version 2.5.4 & 2.7.2
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Contents
I, Download ..............................................................................................................3
II, Installation ...........................................................................................................3
III, Configuration ......................................................................................................5
IV. TIPS ...................................................................................................................9
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I, Download
 Login at http://clients.byjoomla.com/client_login.php
 Login using your
registered Email and
Password
Figure 1: Login window
 At the very bottom of
this page, there is a
list of order. Click on
“View’’ button to go
on
Figure 2: View extentions
 In the next page, there are downloadable packages. There is Venus Ad-on
extention. Download and unzip this file.
II, Installation
1) Unzip the .zip file
2) Find the installation file inside.
3) Login Joomla as Administrator user.
Extensions  Install/Uninstall.
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4) Press “Choose file” button and find you downloaded file
mod_bj_content_tab_2.5.3.zip on your computer.
5) Install module by pressing “Upload File & Install” button.
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III, Configuration
Figure 3: Parameters window
 Module Class suffix: If you put ” nostyle“ for this parameter the content tab
wil not load its defaut style.
If you leave this parameter blank the content tab use its
defaut style.
 Category ID: ID of category that you want to show.
You can find it in Content Category manager
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Figure 4: Category ID in Category Manager
 Item count: Number of items in category that you want to show. This also the
number of Tab will appear in content tab.
Figure 5: Two items tab
 Item list: ID of items that you want to show, if leave blank newest items will be
shown. Each category is seperated from others by a comma.
You can find Item ID in Content Artical manager
Figure 6: Item ID in Artical manager
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 Title class list: List of class name that you want to applied for each tabber title
(seperated by a comma). You can find the class name in this list below.
Figure 7: Typography configuration
 Panel width: With of tab panel. It can be in percentage (with respect to the
outside container, e.g 100%) or in pixel (e.g 400px).
 Content width: With of tab content. It can be in percentage (with respect to
the outside container, e.g 97%) or in pixel (e.g 350px).
 Titile width: Width of titile. It can be in percentage (with respect to the outside
container, e.g 97%) or in pixel (e.g 350px).
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Figure 8: 1- Panel width; 2- Content width; 3-Title width
 Background: Color of the background panel. Choose in hexa color.
 Tab header: Choose between article alias and article title
Figure 9: Article alias Figure 10: Article title
You can find alias and title of article in Content Article manager  Choose
the article you want to show.
 Tab order: Choose between lastest created first, oldest created first, smallest
odering first and biggest odering first.
 Need jQuery: a javascript used by the module. If you are going to use BJ
Image Slider 2 with BJ Venus template, this parameter should be turned off
(because BJ Venus has loaded this library by default). Otherwise, turn it on when
using with non-Jquery supported template.
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IV. TIPS
Put a “Activate Link” for tab
Do you know that you can open a tab from a link? Or you can go to another page with
a specific tab opened? Follow this tutorial
http://byjoomla.com/blog/2012/06/06/content-tab-%E2%80%93-how-to-activate-links/
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