Joomla Portfolio Component
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Product Guide
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Product Features - mmPortfolio
Advanced Accordion View
The advanced accordion style design and view is the most sophisticated accordion available for Joomla In fact the mmPlugins team have worked so hard to make the new accordion to be the most unique out there on the internet.
The functionality and animation alone surpasses that of any other accordion design and view. The team at mmPlugins have really pushed the boundaries of cross browser Java Scripting to its limits, re-inventing and re-coding unique functions that expands all existing possibilities to make mmPortfolio’s accordion view the benchmark in its kind.
The flexibility of mmPortfolio is another key feature that sets it apart from all others. Parameters can be configured at the profile or menu level allowing for greater styling and control such as:
Parameters - Profile Level
- Skin [choose skin]
- Color [black/red/green/purple/blue/yellow/orange]
- Reflection [Yes/No]
- Use Modal Window [Yes/No]
- Image Hover [Yes/No]
- Fade Out [Yes/No]
- Show Title [Use Global/Yes/No]
- Project Slide Width [custom]
- Project Handle Width [custom]
- Slide Height [custom]
- Number of Handles [select from 1-7]
- Spread Fade Out [custom]
- Minimum Opacity [custom]
Parameters - Menu Level
- Category [choose category]
- Profile [choose profile]
- Reflection [Yes/No]
- Use Modal Window [Yes/No]
- Image Hover [Yes/No]
- Fade Out [Yes/No]
The combination of profile options and menu level options above allows anyone to create many combinations of portfolio styles and views that will integrate and look great with any website.
Profiles can be created and configured and re-used over and over again, the options are pretty much endless.
Multiple Project Views
The flexibility of mmPortfolio continues with multiple project views. Targeting specific projects to be displayed on its own on a page is simple, just create a mmPortfolio menu and select the “Single Project Page” view. The parameters then allow you to select what project you want to display. This option can highlight any particular project on its own page.
For a more stylistic single project layout there is the option of the “Squeeze Box Layout” view. Again you can target a specific project with the added functionality to cycle through the other projects via the next and previous arrows. Both single project layouts have the following parameters and options:
Parameters - Profile Level
- Skin [choose skin]
- Color [black/red/green/purple/blue/yellow/orange]
- Reflection [Yes/No]
- Use Modal Window [Yes/No]
- Image Hover [Yes/No]
Parameters - Menu Level
- Project [choose project]
- Profile [choose profile]
- Reflection [Yes/No]
- Image Hover [Yes/No]
Listing all projects in a particular category in your portfolio is also easy with the option of mmPortfolio’s “List Portfolio” menu option. With this option you can display a listing of all your projects within a category or all categories. The page will display a list of portfolio items showing the intro image and text with a read more button to view the rest of the information about that project as well as the rest of the images it may have. The parameters for this view are the same as the accordion view.
Image Editing Tool
Imagine telling your clients they no longer need to use an image manipulating software such as Photoshop or Paint. Well that’s what mmPortfolio’s image editing tool aims to do.
A dynamic image editing tool has been build into the mmPortfolio adding to its advanced feature set. This tool allows users to upload images and be able to do the most important image manipulations such as cropping and rotating.
The image editing tool also ensures that the cropping of all photos and images are to the same proportions as all the others that are uploaded to the mmPortfolio component. This will allow all the photos to be displayed consistently from project to project.
For instance if you want all your photos to appear to be landscaped, then configure a landscape dimension in mmPortfolio’s large width and height parameters and the cropping tool will display the dimensions in proportion to the photo uploaded. All you have to do is size the cropping tool over the area of the photo, move it in place if necessary then click the button to save it. Do this for the rest of the photos you upload and presto, you will get the best looking and most consistent project photo imagery for your portfolio with minimal effort.
Unlimited Projects
The amount of projects mmPortfolio can have is unlimited which means unlimited categories can be created which can have unlimited projects. Each project can potentially have unlimited images as well the only real limit is the server hosting limit of the website that has mmPortfolio installed on it.
Categories are listed like normal Joomla articles are listed with pagination and filtering options. Categories can also be ordered manually and the category details can have “Title” which is required, can be “Published” or “Unpublished”, can have “Access Level” options and can have a “Description”.
Projects are listed the same as categories, they also have many of the same default Joomla options as that of the category options. Keeping most of the admin features similar to Joomla allows mmPortfolio to be easily learnt by anyone who is already familiar with Joomla admin functionality.
Adding or editing a project is very simple with the intuitive “Details” and “Images” tab anyone can quickly access, input and upload all the project text and image information required.
Managing photos and images is also simple with features and options such as:
- Check All
- Individual Check
- Order
- Image Thumbnail Preview
- Larger Image Preview (modal window)
- Archive
- Unarchive
- Publish
- Unpublish
- Trash
- Edit
Professional Design
The professional design of mmPortfolio will enhance any website that it is used on. The component will provide the most modern look for framing any projects or works.
Design features such as:
- Dynamic Reflections – Any photo uploaded and displayed will have an automatically generated reflection in the portfolio’s project preview section.
- Fading Out Effect – The fading out effect on mmPortfolio’s panels both left and right gives the effect and illusion of the panels disappearing and appearing from inside the page.
- Vertical Title Display – The display of each project’s title vertically adds to the unique design of the portfolio.
- Modal Scroll Bars – Unique modal window scroll bars both horizontal and vertical, enables the scrolling through of images and text.
- Mouse Over Effects – Elegant mouse over reveal effects on image thumbnails as well as image title tool tip display adds to the chic style of mmPortfolio.
SEO and SEF Support
All of mmPortfolio’s views supports Search Engine Optimized (SEO) text and headings. Each project in the portfolio displayed on a page is pre-loaded so the html will be visible by search engines when the page is indexed.
The priority usage of heading tags has also been considered with project titles having the H1 tag and the category titles having the H3 tag allowing search engines to index headings in order of priority.
All the introductory text on a project is visible by search engines even the date. This introductory text may also contain links with titles due to mmPortfolio utilizing the WYSIWYG editor.
All images generated on the page also contain title text as well as “alt” text (alternative text). This text is visible by search engines and is visible by users when they mouse over the image.
Support for Joomla’s Search Engine Friendly URL’s has also been included with mmPortfolio therefore making the component more compliant for those who require Joomla’s SEF settings to be activated.
