The Latest News module shows a list of the most recently published articles. From the Administrator’s list of modules in the Module Manager, select the module with the title Recently Added Articles that is of the type Latest News. The module opens in edit mode, as shown in Figure 8-19.
The Count field specifies the number of articles to be displayed. The default value is 5. The Order drop-down list is used to specify the sequence in which the articles are to be displayed. The options are as follows:
- Recently Added First: Makes the articles that have recently been added appear first in Select this option.
- Recently Modified First: Makes the articles that have recently been modified appear first in sequence.
The Authors drop-down list is used for watching the articles authored by a specific person. It has three options:
- Anyone will display all the articles, whoever the author may be.
- Added or Modified By Me will display only the articles written or modified by the current user.
- Not Added or Modified By Me will display only the articles not written or modified by the current user.
The last two options are used only if the user is logged in to the web site. Because you want to see the articles written by anyone, set the Authors drop-down list to Anyone. Choose the Title option from the Position combo box to display the module at the top in the administrator interface.
Because it is the administrator module, the result of the module will appear in the administrator interface at the top in the title area the moment you save the module by clicking the Save & Close icon. You can see the titles of the recently added articles (see Figure 8-20).
Source: Harwani B M (2015), Foundations of Joomla!, Apress; 2nd ed edition