Hello Caizergues,

This function is native in joomla : you can decide to have one article "full" and below, 6 articles in two columns of 3 face to face.

Do you mean the featured article, intro article and columns? EasyBlog do not have this settings, we have themes to display the view of blog listing, please select them in backend > easyblog > themes > themes that you prefer. You could also change the general layout settings in backend > easyblog > settings > layout.

can I control the sequence of posts in the page other than by chronological order ?

You could set your blog listing in backend > easyblog > layout > ordering tab
screenshot --> http://screencast.com/t/Il120wih9hM

Thanks:)

Sequence control : I had found that. But choices are limited. There is however a "modified" option with no explanations. What is the intent there ?

Featured vs Front page : in joomla they are one and the same; featured articles appear on the front page. In ezblog the two notions appear to be different. Can you elaborate or indicate a tutorial explaining ezblog approach ?

Finally I have tested all available ezbolg themes. In all of them, featured articles have the same presentation as non featured articles in category lay out. can that be adapted without hacking the theme css?

Finally, in the backend theme menu, there is for each theme a "blog images" tab. In this tab, I can modify featured and entry dimensions and obtain the expected effect. This tab contains at the bottom right a button "create additional positions". How and where can these additionnal positions be used ?

Hello Caizergues,

Sequence control : I had found that. But choices are limited. There is however a "modified" option with no explanations. What is the intent there ?

That option will make sure that the last updated blog post will be display at the start of the list.

Featured vs Front page : in joomla they are one and the same; featured articles appear on the front page. In ezblog the two notions appear to be different. Can you elaborate or indicate a tutorial explaining ezblog approach ?

Front page in easyblog is referring to the menu item type 'front page blog layout', where by featured articles are articles that will be featured in the showcase module or having a featured sign on the blog listing screenshot --> http://screencast.com/t/fGoWuj5k9f. You could also set the featured blog post to display in the blog listing before other blog post.

Finally I have tested all available ezbolg themes. In all of them, featured articles have the same presentation as non featured articles in category lay out. can that be adapted without hacking the theme css?

Category lay out is controlled by the dashboard theme in backend > settings > layout > dashboard
http://screencast.com/t/OVQxbOTmcgO

Finally, in the backend theme menu, there is for each theme a "blog images" tab. In this tab, I can modify featured and entry dimensions and obtain the expected effect. This tab contains at the bottom right a button "create additional positions". How and where can these additionnal positions be used ?

The additional add is for your hacks by altering the code below with your position.

<img src="<?php echo $row->getImage()->getSource( 'frontpage' );?>" />

Thanks:)

Hello Caizergues,

Thanks for sharing, I'm glad that your issue is solved