The Zentools module provides full control over your Joomla content.

When Joomla is selected as the content source the module dynamically populates the administrator interface with settings that are only relevant to using Joomla as a content source in the module.

Layout tags available when using the Joomla content option

Settings available when using categories in Zentools

Joomla content source

Select to display either Joomla items or categories.

Categories

When the content source is set to categories this input is automatically displayed. Select the desired categories to display on the page.

Items

When the content source is set to items this input is automatically displayed. Select the desired items to display on the page.

Ordering

Determines the order in which to display the items or categories

Ordering Direction

Determines whether to display the items in ascending or descending order based on the previous ordering selection.

Authors

A broad filter to determine whether to display items created by the current user or users other than the current user.

Featured Items

Determines whether to display only featured items, to display featured or non featured items or to exclude all featured items.

Screenshot of available settings