Newsticker

What is this?

The scrolling news items at the top of the page are an instance of the Zentools2 module using the ticker layout.

Zentools2 Newsticker

Steps to recreate this module

Module Manager

  1. Navigate to the module manager in your Joomla administrator via extensions > Module Manager
  2. Click new
  3. Select the zentools2 type module
  4. Give the module a name that you will remember eg like newsticker
  5. Set the module title to hide
  6. Assign the module to a module position (header4).
  7. Ensure the module is published

Module settings

Options

  1. Select the ticker layout
  2. Select your content source eg Joomla
  3. Add the title element to the layout tools. The ticker layout works best with only the title in this position.
  4. Set your desired module settings

Module Options

Content

  1. Go to the content panel
  2. Adjust the content settings so that the module shows the correct content

Module Content

Save the module

  1. Click the save button in the top left of the page.