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BJ! NewsTabber parameters
BJ NewsTabber shows your news in a tabber-style. The following step-by-steps will guide you how to use this module

1. Prepare news to show in BJ NewsTabber:
You can choose a display all articles in a category, or choose a list of articles from any category.
1.1. From main menu in Administrator page, go to Content -> Category Manager. You would see a list of categories here. Choose a category you want its' articles be shown in NewsTabber, it means pick up its' ID :


In Joomla 1.5, the ID column is the last column

1.2. To choose a list of article, go to Content -> Article Manager (in Joomla 1.5) or Content -> All content items (in Joomla 1.0.x). Pick up a list of items ID you wish to show:


In Joomla 1.5, the ID column is the last column

2. Configure NewsTabber module:
Now go to you module manager, edit NewsTabber module.
There are 3 main parameters you should configure:
- If you choose the first option, please enter Category Id you have choosen in appropriate param. And, don't forget to enter Item Count parameter which limits the number of items be shown in tabber.
- If you choose the second option, please enter a list of Article Id in Item List  parameter, each seperated by a comma (For ex: 1,2,3,4,5). 

Now your tabber is ready to show. (Oops, don't forget to Enable this module :) )

pranav.joshi77 -- May 27 2010, 5:53 PM
pl add pictorial help for 2. Configure NewsTabber module: