Use this data source to show images from a specified Joomla! article.
Article ID [article_id]
The ID number of a Joomla! article.
You can find the ID of an article from the last column in the Content > Article Manager page.
Example: 1
Read source [read_src]
• Intro + Main [all] Uses both the introductory and the main text of the article as source for finding images.
• Intro [intro] Uses only the introductory text of the article as source for finding images.
• Main [main] Uses only the main text of the article as source for finding images.
Split method [split]
• Image [image] Splits the article every time it finds an image. The text that follows the image is used as the image's description.
• Page break [pagebreak] Splits the article by using the page breaks inserted by the article author.
• Do not split [nosplit] Does not split the article so that only the first image is selected.
Search for small/large images [search_thumbs]
If enabled the system will automatically search for small and large images. Small images are displayed in the page and their large versions are shown when the user clicks on the image. The file name of the small images must contain ".small" before their suffix and the large images must contain ".large". For example "my_image.small.jpg" and "my_image.large.jpg". Both of them must be in the same directory.
Order by [order]
• Default order [default] Sorts the images in the default image folder ordering.
• Reverse default order [default_desc] Sorts the images in the reverse of the default ordering.
• File name - Ascending [filename_asc] Sorts the images by their file name.
• File name - Descending [filename_desc] Sorts the images by their file name in descending order.
• Title - Ascending [title_asc] Sorts the images by their title.
• Title - Descending [title_desc] Sorts the images by their title in descending order.
• Date - Newer first [mdate_desc] Sorts the images by date putting the newer ones first.
• Date - Older first [mdate_asc] Sorts the images by date putting the older ones first.
• Random [random] Sorts the images randomly.