When the component is installed there are several plugins and one module installed at the same time. Of these the System Plugin is the most important. These are described in more detail below.
The latest entries module is installed with the component and will require configuration is it is required to display entries in a module displayed on the front end. Parameters control which entries are displayed and how many.
The module itself has some settings to control which 'categories' are to be shown in the front end module as detailed below.
All that is required is to configure the module and then assign it to a specific position on the pages, and which pages it is to be displayed upon.