DD HotNews – A Comprehensive Ecosystem for Joomla 6 Portals

DD HotNews by Diablo Design is the flagship solution for professional web publishers, transforming a standard Joomla 6 installation into a powerful multimedia platform. This template stands out not only for its modern, "news-style" design but primarily for its suite of proprietary extensions, designed to work perfectly together, eliminating the need for external plugins.

Unique Proprietary Solutions and Functionalities

The power of DD HotNews lies in its set of dedicated modules, created by Diablo Design, which are fully localized and ready to use:

• Advanced Video Player with Playlists: This is not just a simple video embed module. It is a robust Video Player that allows you to create engaging multimedia galleries based on YouTube. The module offers unique playlist presentation layouts:
  • Horizontal Carousel: Perfect for wide page sections, presenting video thumbnails above or below the main screen.
  • Vertical Carousel: A classic "sidebar" layout where the video list scrolls next to the player.
  Thanks to this module, the video section becomes an interactive entertainment hub, keeping users on the site longer.
• Two Powerful News Modules: Two independent, highly configurable modules for presenting content. They allow articles to be displayed in dozens of combinations (grid, masonry, lists, tiles), with full control over metadata (date, author, hits) and source filtering. These are responsible for the dynamic layout of the homepage.
• Versatile Ads Manager: A professional tool for managing advertising space. It supports:
  • Custom graphic banners (responsive images).
  • Ad codes from external networks, including Google AdSense.
  • Precise targeting of ad placements to maximize publisher revenue.
• Partner Scroller: A responsive and lightweight carousel module for the aesthetic presentation of partner logos, sponsors, or media patrons, with full linking support and autoplay.
• Visual Effects Plugin (FX & Backgrounds): A tool for creatives that brings every section of the template to life. It allows for the addition of:
  • Animated gradients.
  • Video backgrounds.
  • Advanced color effects and overlays without knowledge of CSS.
• Cookie Info Module: A built-in, legally compliant (GDPR) solution for managing cookie consent. It is stylistically consistent with the rest of the template, lightweight, and unobtrusive.

Full Bilingual Support (PL / EN)

A massive advantage of the entire package is its native language support. All modules and the template itself come with full language files in both Polish and English. This means the administration panel is 100% understandable for users of either language, and switching between language versions of the site is seamless.

DiabloDesign Cookie Consent – Cookie Consent Module

A modern and fully GDPR-compliant cookie consent module for Joomla 6. It features the distinctive DiabloDesign color scheme (red–black–white palette) and advanced customization capabilities.

Key Features:

• GDPR Compliance – fully compliant with European privacy regulations
• Configurable Positions – top, bottom, bottom-left, bottom-right
• Animations – slide, fade, or none
• Cookie Categories – necessary, analytics, marketing, preferences
• Privacy Policy Link – optional link to a dedicated policy page
• Full Customization – all colors, texts, and visual effects adjustable
• Responsive Design – works flawlessly on all devices
• Multilingual Support – Polish and English included out-of-the-box
• Glassmorphism Effects – background transparency (0.0–1.0) and blur (0–50px)

The module provides users with detailed control over the types of cookies they accept, using intuitive toggle switches for each category. It also emits JavaScript events (ddCookieAccepted, ddCookieDeclined), enabling conditional loading of external scripts (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.) only after consent is granted.

DiabloDesign YouTube Player – Advanced YouTube Player

A professional YouTube player module for Joomla 5/6 by DiabloDesign. It offers three different thumbnail layouts and full control over the player's appearance and functionality.

Key Features:

• Multi-video support – list up to 50 YouTube videos in one module
• Three thumbnail layouts – horizontal (grid), vertical (sidebar), carousel with auto-scrolling
• Automatic ID extraction – supports full YouTube URLs, short youtu.be links, and raw IDs
• Customizable colors – background, accent, text, and thumbnail borders with transparency control
• Thumbnail customization – size, padding, border radius (0–30px), hover effect (100–115%)
• Responsive design – automatically adapts to screen width
• Player control – autoplay, controls, maximum container width
• YouTube API integration – full integration with the YouTube IFrame Player API
• Multilingual support – Polish and English

The module automatically fetches video thumbnails from YouTube and supports both single-video mode and playlist mode with navigation. The carousel layout includes auto-scrolling with configurable timing. All color settings support RGBA transparency for glassmorphism effects.

DiabloDesign Ads – Advanced Advertising System

A professional banner advertising module for Joomla 6 providing full control over rotation, styling and ad behavior. It offers multiple display modes and advanced sticky positioning options.

Key Features:

• Multiple banners – up to 20 banners in one module using subforms
• Rotation modes – random, all-at-once, sequential, carousel, fade
• Animations – carousel and fade with configurable indicators (dots)
• Sticky positioning – left/right side of the screen with optional close button
• Display modes – standard, sticky-left, sticky-right
• Image personalization – width, height, object-fit (cover/contain/fill)
• Container styling – background, border (solid/dashed), border-radius, padding
• Banner alignment – left, center, right, justify
• Gap between banners – configurable gap in "all" mode
• Close delay – optional delay (0–60s) before showing the X button
• Custom code – custom HTML mode for external scripts (Google AdSense, etc.)
• Ad label – optional "Ad" label with custom text
• Technical features – automatic unique JS ID generation, lazy loading of images, and color sanitization (removes alpha channel #rrggbbaa)
• Sticky behavior – uses position:fixed with z-index:1000 to keep side ads always visible

The module supports multiple display scenarios and sanitizes inputs to ensure safe rendering. It also includes accessibility considerations and can be configured to comply with platform policies.

DiabloDesign Partners Scroller – Partners Carousel

An elegant logo scroller/carousel module for Joomla 5/6 with complete control over animations, navigation, and styling. Ideal for showcasing partner companies, sponsors, or certifications.

Key Features:

• Unlimited partners – up to 50 logos in a subform with sortable ordering
• Grayscale effect – optional desaturation with color restore on hover
• Visible items – configurable number of logos visible at once (1–10)
• Animation modes – none, slide, fade with adjustable duration (300–2000ms)
• Auto-scroll – automatic advance every X seconds (2000–30000ms)
• Navigation positions – right side, bottom left/center/right with item counter
• Logo dimensions – height (50–500px), padding (0–50px), container width (200–600px)
• Gap between logos – configurable gap (0–50px) for even spacing
• Border radius – border-radius (0–50px) for a modern look
• Publishing & ordering – each partner has published and ordering fields
• External links – optional URL opens in a new tab
• Show partner name – optional display of partner name under the logo
• Full color customization – box background, borders, navigation, and text
• Media picker support – uses Joomla media picker with automatic image path preparation
• SVG navigation with counter – shows current position (e.g., "3 / 12")
• Performance – lazy loading of images

DiabloDesign Background – Advanced Backgrounds for Joomla

A comprehensive system plugin for Joomla 6 enabling advanced page backgrounds with a wide range of visual effects, animations, and interactive elements. Full control over every aspect of the background in the signature DiabloDesign color palette.

Key Features:

• Seven background types – color, gradient, image, video, pattern, particles, animated gradient
• Application target – body or custom CSS selector for precise control
• Gradients – linear, radial, conic with adjustable angles (0-360°) and 3 colors
• Animated gradients – smooth color transitions with adjustable speed
• Background images – cover/contain/fill, parallax, fixed/scroll, Ken Burns effect
• Image effects – blur (1-20px), grayscale, sepia with adjustable intensity
• Background videos – YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 with loop, muted, poster image options
• Patterns – ready presets with customizable colors and opacity (10-100%)
• Particles – six presets (default, snow, stars, bubbles, confetti, network)
• Interactive particles – reacts to mouse movement with configurable parameters
• Overlay – additional layer with gradient or color (opacity 0-100%)
• Blending – blend modes for layer mixing
• Menu assignment – all, selected, except for precise display control
• Color sanitization – automatic removal of alpha channel (#rrggbbaa → #rrggbb)
• Technical features – uses modern browser APIs (particles.js, CSS filters, blend modes), fully responsive, supports lazy loading for images and performance optimization for animations