This Joomla 4 override allows you to display a list of articles in a calendar layout by simply using Joomla's mod_articles_latest module. At the bottom of this article, you can download the files of the override.
Joomla 4 frontend rendering
PhP markup
<?php
/**
* @package Joomla.Site
* @subpackage mod_articles_latest
* @author web-eau.net
* @copyright (C) 2006 Open Source Matters, Inc. <https://www.joomla.org>
* @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
*/
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
if (!$list)
{
return;
}
?>
<div class="latestnews<?php echo $moduleclass_sfx; ?> list-unstyled">
<?php foreach ($list as $item) : ?>
<div class="d-flex media my-4">
<div class="flex-shrink-0 calendar-list mr-3">
<span class="month-list"><?php echo JHtml::_('date', $item->created, "M"); ?></span>
<span class="day-list"><?php echo JHtml::_('date', $item->created, "d"); ?></span>
</div>
<div class="flex-grow-1 ms-3 media-body">
<h5 class="mt-0 mb-1"><a class="mod-articles-category-title <?php echo $item->active; ?>" href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>"><?php echo $item->title; ?></a></h5>
<p class="description"><?php echo JHTML::_('string.truncate', $item->introtext, 50, false, false) ; ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>CSS
.calendar-list {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
border: 3px solid #216e69;
border-top: 20px solid #216e69;
position: relative;
/*margin: 50px auto;*/
font-family: sans-serif;
text-align: center;
}
.calendar-list:before,
.calendar-list:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
}
.calendar-list:after {
bottom: -5px;
right: -5px;
border-width: 0 0 19px 19px;
border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
}
.calendar-list:before {
bottom: -3px;
right: -3px;
border-width: 15px 15px 0 0;
border-color: #216e69 transparent transparent transparent;
}
.month-list {
position: absolute;
top: -21px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
color: #fff;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.day-list{
display: block;
margin: 5px 0 0;
font-size: 20px;
color: #216e69;
}
sup {
position: relative;
top: -0.5em;
font-size: 75%;
line-height: 0;
vertical-align: baseline;
}Inspiration: https://codepen.io/elisabeth_hamel/pen/vKgKwR
Download the override
override-calendar-list-j4.zipInstall the override
Enjoy the override
This Joomla 4 override allows you to display a list of articles in a calendar layout by simply using Joomla's mod_articles_latest module. At the bottom of this article, you can download the files of the override.
Joomla 3 frontend rendering
PhP markup
<?php
/**
* @package Joomla.Site
* @subpackage mod_articles_latest
* @Author web-eau.net
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2018 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
* @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
*/
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
?>
<ul class="latestnews<?php echo $moduleclass_sfx; ?> list-unstyled">
<?php foreach ($list as $item) : ?>
<li class="media my-4">
<div class="calendar-list mr-3">
<span class="month-list"><?php echo JHtml::_('date', $item->created, "M"); ?></span>
<span class="day-list"><?php echo JHtml::_('date', $item->created, "d"); ?></span>
</div>
<div class="media-body">
<h5 class="mt-0 mb-1"><a class="mod-articles-category-title <?php echo $item->active; ?>" href="/<?php echo $item->link; ?>"><?php echo $item->title; ?></a></h5>
<p class="description"><?php echo JHTML::_('string.truncate', $item->introtext, 50, false, false) ; ?></p>
</div>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>CSS
.calendar-list {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
border: 3px solid #216e69;
border-top: 20px solid #216e69;
position: relative;
/*margin: 50px auto;*/
font-family: sans-serif;
text-align: center;
}
.calendar-list:before,
.calendar-list:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
}
.calendar-list:after {
bottom: -5px;
right: -5px;
border-width: 0 0 19px 19px;
border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
}
.calendar-list:before {
bottom: -3px;
right: -3px;
border-width: 15px 15px 0 0;
border-color: #216e69 transparent transparent transparent;
}
.month-list {
position: absolute;
top: -21px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
color: #fff;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.day-list{
display: block;
margin: 5px 0 0;
font-size: 20px;
color: #216e69;
}
sup {
position: relative;
top: -0.5em;
font-size: 75%;
line-height: 0;
vertical-align: baseline;
}Inspiration: https://codepen.io/elisabeth_hamel/pen/vKgKwR