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Slideset

The Widgetkit Slideset takes your product showcase to the next level. It provides a sleek way to show multiple sets of items and uses smooth effects while looping through them.

Features

  • Clean and very lightweight code
  • Eye-catching transition effects
  • Support of named custom sets
  • Swipe navigation on mobile phones
  • Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

Slide Example

The sets are auto generated (4 items per set), item names are shown and it uses the slide effect and navigation buttons.

Zoom Example

The sets are arranged manually, the sets names are used as navigation and it uses the zoom effect.

Deck Example

This auto generated sets uses prev/next buttons as navigation and the deck effect.

How To Use

The Widgetkit Slideset takes full advantage of the very user-friendly Widgetkit administration user interface. You can create and manage all the slidesets and their different items in one place. After you have created a slideset you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.

Accordion

The Widgetkit Accordion enables you to display a set of items in a compact space, by clicking on each items header it expands or collapses it’s content section.

Features

  • Clean and very lightweight code
  • Smooth transitions on content section toggle
  • Option to match automatically the height of varying content
  • Option to auto collapse or allow multiple opened items
  • Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

Example

How To Use

The Widgetkit Accordion lets you easily create and manage all the accordions contents through the user-friendly Widgetkit administration user interface. After you have created an accordion you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.

Map

The Widgetkit Map provides a simple solution for adding a map to your website. Various features let you customize the map like changing colors and adding markers or directions.

Features

  • Location selection with auto geocoding
  • Support for multiple map markers with text popups
  • Option to get the direction to the active marker
  • Support for custom map styles and colors
  • Uses the latest Google Maps API
  • Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

Direction Example

This map features all map controls, multiple markers and you can get the direction.

Color Scheme Example

Set or invert the hue, saturation, lightness and gamma of a map.

Minimal Example

This map has a fixed width, no controls and no markers.

How To Use

With the Widgetkit Map you can quickly create and manage simple maps with features like multiple markers, text popups and custom color schemes. Once you have created a map you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.

Gallery

The Widgetkit Gallery provides a smart and automated way to publish images on your website. You only need to select the image folders and the whole gallery is generated automatically.

Features

  • Comes with image wall, slider and slideshow styles
  • Folder based image selection
  • Support for multiple image folders
  • Automatic thumbnail creation
  • Support for image captions and custom links
  • Uses the Widgetkit Spotlight and Lightbox
  • Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

Showcase Box Example

This is an image showcase with eye-catching transition effects and a thumbnail navigation.

Image Wall Example

This is an image wall with zoom effect, no margins and squared corners using the lightbox.

Slider Chester

Slider Chester

Switcher Chester

Switcher Chester

Switcher Chester Nav

Switcher Chester Nav

Popover Chester

Popover Chester

Polaroid Example

This is an image wall with scattered polaroid pictures using the lightbox.

Slider Example 1

This is an image slider where the image centers automatically during the effect. It also features a spotlight caption and the lightbox.

Slider Example 2

This is an image slider where the image stays left during the effect.

Slideshow Example

This is an image gallery using all the features from the slideshow widget.

Start in the editor

Start in the editor

To get started, click on the Widgetkit button in your CMS edit view. Now choose the widget you would like to render, for example Grid. To create content for your widget, hit the New button and select the content type, for example media.

Explore the Interface

Explore the Interface

To create your content, you can add single content items by using Add Item. Alternatively you can use Add Media to select multiple items at once through the media library or manager of your CMS. Don’t forget to hit Save after you have created your items and then Close.

Using the shortcodes

Using the shortcodes

To finalize your widget, hit Insert. Now you will see a shortcode with the ID and settings of your widget. If you have changed the default settings of your widget, the updated settings will be added to the shortcode. To select a different widget, click inside the shortcode and hit the Widgetkit button. Now click Change Widget.

Showcase Example

This is a simple image showcase mashing up all the features from the slideshow and slideset widget.

Spotlight Example

This is an image wall with some margins and rounded corners using the spotlight and lightbox.

Slider Chester

Slider Chester

This custom Slider provides a special layout. The active item will always be centered and has plenty of space to its adjacent items, so that they appear cut off by the browser window. This results in an elegant and trendy tripartite setup.
Popover Chester

Popover Chester

The Popover Chester widget comes with a custom toggle icon and alignment options.

Available Alignments
Left Top, Right Top, Left, Right, Left Bottom, Right Bottom
Switcher Chester

Switcher Chester

The Switcher Chester makes particular use of the thumbnav. You can display the item's title under its thumbnail. We recommend placing the content and thumbnav side by side and use a second image for the thumbnail as seen on the frontpage.

Additional Settings

Content Width
100%, 90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 66%
Media Tab, not available when media is aligned left or right
Switcher Chester Nav

Switcher Chester Nav

The second custom Switcher in this theme features a special navigation. You can use an image, like an icon, the item's title or both to navigate trough your content.

Additional Settings

Navigation
Icon, Title, Icon and title
Position
Top, Bottom, Left, Right
Content Width
100%, 90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 66%
Media Tab, not available when media is aligned left or right

How To Use

The Widgetkit Gallery comes with a user-friendly administration user interface which let’s you create new galleries with just a few clicks. The integrated directory browser let’s you easily add or remove source directories of your images. All galleries can be loaded anywhere in your theme using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.

Media Player

The Widgetkit Media Player is a HTML5 audio and video player completely built HTML and CSS. You can easily embed video files into your website by using the HTML5 video element. A Flash player fallback is included for all unsupported browsers.

Features

  • Native playback for modern HTML5 browsers
  • Supports MP4 (h.264), WebM, FLV, WMV and MP3 files
  • Completely built with HTML and CSS
  • Same UI in all browsers
  • Create your own skins
  • Flash player fallback for unsupported browsers
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

Examples

This is a MP3 Audio Sample:

How To Use

Use the HTML5 video element to embed video in your website. For example:

<video src="/video.mp4" width="320" height="240"></video>

You can also provide multiple sources, to add support for the different video formats like h.264, WebM or Ogg:

<video width="320" height="240"> 	<source type="video/mp4"  src="/video.mp4" /> 	<source type="video/webm" src="/video.webm" /> 	<source type="video/ogg"  src="/video.ogv" /> </video> 

Use the HTML5 audio element to embed MP3 files in your website. For example:

<audio src="/audio.mp3" type="audio/mp3"></audio>

Twitter

The Widgetkit Twitter module is the neatest way to display tweets directly on your website. All displayed tweets get cached so they show up super fast, even if Twitter is not available.

Features

  • Filter tweets by hashtags, words, from users, to users, referencing users
  • Block tweets using a blacklist
  • Tweets are cached for high performance
  • Tweets show up even if Twitter is not available
  • 3 different styles to show your tweets
  • Built with HTML5 using article and time elements
  • Works with Joomla and WordPress

How To Use

Create a Twitter module in Joomla or a Twitter widget in WordPress and publish it in a module position. A lot of options are available to choose which tweets you want to show.

For example you can show only tweets from a specific user or tweets that contain a certain hash-tag or a specific word. All options can be combined. To filter by more than one word or user use a space between them. For example: yootheme joomla.