jQuery News Ticker

Version 2.8: 17 October 2026

• Runs on Joomla 5 and Joomla 6 with the Behaviour - Backward Compatibility plugin disabled.
• Article lists use the application identity and the database service.

Version 2.7: 26 June 2026

Major rewrite and enhancement release for Joomla 4, 5, and 6.

Added

• Modern Joomla module architecture (Dispatcher, service provider, helper factory, Joomla's built-in AJAX handler refresh)
• Vanilla JavaScript ticker engine (no jQuery dependency)
• Animation modes: reveal (curtain), fade, continuous scroll, and vertical
• Content sources: Joomla articles, custom items, RSS feeds, and mixed mode
• Mixed source priority: articles first, custom first, RSS first, or round-robin interleave
• Custom repeatable items subform with pin, badge, link, and schedule (show from / show until)
• Article filters: categories, tags, featured, author, date range, exclude current article
• Pinned article IDs and per-item pin support
• Content display modes: title, intro, or both with character limit and read more
• Breaking badge, date, and category metadata
• Play/pause/prev/next controls with inline SVG icons (start or end of bar)
• Reveal pointer with enable/disable, color, and width options
• Layout presets: default, breaking, minimal, lower third, and compact
• Fixed top/bottom bar positioning
• Show/hide label pill option
• Bar border radius and horizontal/vertical padding controls
• Link hover color picker
• View all link integrated inside the ticker bar
• RSS feed caching with configurable TTL
• Scroll mode pause between loop iterations
• Bar height range up to 120px
• Auto-refresh via Joomla's built-in AJAX handler
• Analytics dataLayer events and jnt:click custom event
• Accessibility: aria-live, reduced-motion fallback, labeled controls
• Language files (mod_ticker.ini, mod_ticker.sys.ini)
• Custom CSS field, Google Fonts toggle, empty state message
• RTL support with proper dir, mirrored flex, and overflow handling
• Speed model in pixels per second (default 100) with legacy value migration
• Separate dwell time and gap-between-headlines settings
• Themeable colors via CSS variables (bar, label, border, badge, controls)

Changed

• Replaced legacy mod_ticker.php entry with helper.php + Dispatcher
• Replaced jQueryTickerHelper with TickerHelper
• Assets moved to media/ with joomla.asset.json
• Modern default styling: white bar, pill label, subtle border and shadow
• Controls moved inline inside the ticker bar
• Label-to-headline spacing uses a single configurable gap
• Text-only headlines (images/thumbnails removed from ticker output)
• View all link no longer renders below the bar

Fixed

• Reveal cursor stops at actual text width and sits beside the last revealed character
• Reveal hover pause keeps partial headline visible instead of jumping to full text
• RTL reveal and overflow scroll direction
• Fade and custom content clipping on narrow containers
• Corrupted scroll separators (???) normalized to ASCII fallback
• Controls layout restored to horizontal flex row

Removed

• jQuery dependency and legacy jquery.ticker.js plugin
• Thumbnail/image output in ticker items

Version 2.6: 17  November 2025

• Compatible with Joomla 6

Version 2.1

• Fixed empty category issue.

Version 2.5: 08  December 2023

• Supports Joomla 5 without Backward Compatibility plugin.

Version 2.0

• Uses Joomla Update System

Version 2.4: 07 May 2023

• Fixed flicking issue onload.

Version 1.9

• Helper file Error fixed
• jQuery Framework used for Joomla 3.x

Version 2.3: 10 February 2023

• Single file installation for both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
• Removed loading jQuery in body.

Version 2.2: 16 April 2022

• Supports Joomla 4
• Update the extension directly from the Joomla Update Manager.
• Add a valid license in the advanced settings of the module parameters.
• Download the license key from the Downloads section of the store by creating an account using the same email address which you have used to purchase the extension.
• Manual Update will once required to get the 2.2 version of the module. The future updates can be done automatically using the Joomla Update Manager.