All Weblinks Plugin ModulePlugin

With my PLUGIN you should still use the weblinks component to manage your weblinks. But the plugin shows ALL weblinks in one page in columns or rowwise with the description of the weblink as title, if no description is filled in it shows the weblink name

You can specify the following:
* Specify welcome text
* Show new links (with how many days)
* Show hits
* Open ALL links in new window
* length of the title
* Cut-of Length

Have fun with this Plugin

Changelog:
1.5.0 first release of the plugin
1.5.1 added moduleclass_sfx to the parmeters and _blocks to the CSS file
1.5.2 fixed formatting issue
1.5.3 fixed char cut oof in MBCS + XHTML compliance for title and category
1.5.4 added the requested option "display_description"

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This is for the module
1.5 first version for Joomla 1.5 Released
Please download from support site
1.5.1 Bug in Content class fixed
1.5.3 Bug not showing first 2 links fixed
1.5.4 Bug quotes in tilet/categories Fixed / bug permissions fixed
1.5.5 Feature request: Joom!fish supported
1.5.6 Feature Request: Category selection
1.5.7 Allweblinks Module
* added a new layout based on DIV's and lists
* added a module css in the module directory, for easy of changes>
* its now posible to specify you own text on new links instead of the default *
1.5.8 SEF compatible (tested with JOOMLA SEF)
* class-suffix added
* should work with joomla 1.5.6

Some documentation how to show the links is downloadable from the support site

Report

byDaSilva on June 22, 2009
I like this extension but I miss the option to display the display_description in the next line under the link name and not in the same line. I used just {all_weblinks display_description=[1]}{/all_weblinks} for the test. It would be nice if it could be added.
This is so simple to put in and makes a so much nicer list of weblinks for site visitors and I really like being able to select automatically open in new window.

Thank you.
bygabriel.fjellander on February 16, 2009
It's nice and does a good job!
byunderclass on February 5, 2009
This is a nice simple addon although it would be great to have the description appear to the side of the link instead of the hover as an option ([display_description=1] maybe?).

Hope this can make it into a newer version

Thanks again
Owner's reply

Hi,

just sent me a sample (make-up) of the lay-out you want and i'll incorporate it in the next release

I love this extension but there's a bug that doesn't allow you to change the order that Weblinks are displayed in. It only allows the default which is Oldest links first and new links last. If you try to change it to New links first..it does not display anything.
Owner's reply

Suzi,

The links can be sorted in 4 ways
1. Date Desc. (newest first)
2. Hits Desc. (most hists first)
3. Title (alphabetically)
4. Order (order set in weblinks component)

I tested al 4 posibilities on my site and it seems working.

If you find it not working please contact me via de support site

Regards,
John

byWiZeGuY on November 5, 2008
I started looking at the core files of the web links component to display my links better. Not necessary with this plugin. The fact that css is put into control for displaying the links makes this one of the most scalable plugins for one of the less configurable components that comes with J! core.
I especially like the plugin for Joomla 1.5 as it allows me to nicely adjust links shown in content for multi-lingual web sites. Very easy and simple to install and use.
byBacchus72 on October 9, 2008
Very good for what it advertises, but in so far as what you need for a really good weblinks directory it is lacking on one particular front: No "report broken link" option, or diagnostic of links.

Weblinks change often, and so a method to keep your links current would be very useful.
Owner's reply

The only purpose for this plugin/module is to show the weblinks in a better manner than the default component allows you to do.

This is a really useful extension which - with a few minor changes and additions - could become essential to any site.

I love the way you can get the link description simply with a mouseover.

Like another reviewer, I found the category headings far too big used as a side module. But this was easily changed by altering the size to "componentheading" in the helper file. I disliked the "*" at the start and end of new links but again this was easy to remove and looks neater without.

If it was possible to specify links from certain categories - rather than the entire list - this would get a 5* rating. Perhaps this could be a future improvement? It would be nice to be able to have multiple copies of the module showing links from appropriate categories next to related content on different webpages.

Bullets would also make the layout more appealing.

I shall be watching this extension and keeping my fingers crossed that categories are possible soon.
Owner's reply

I create a mambot/plugin for the joomla 1.0 verseion where you can show just one category in a article and by repeating the mambot/plugin call you get multiple catagories.
There is also an inline stilesheet in the mambot.
So if you're using joomla 1.0 then this hould be your choice.

I plan to make a plugin for Joomla 1.5 to do the same but no release date yet

byunreal4u on June 17, 2008
I had a little problem with line #76 & #78, PHP told me that $cs was not defined yet. Solved it writing $cs = -5 just below the getdate() function. (I guess a link item will never have a negative id). This was on Joomla 1.0.x

Apart of that, it's a very nice app... It does just what I want it to do and it saved me a lot of time testing and integrating some module made by myself :P
Owner's reply

thnx for noticing this i adapted the code for 1.0

One of the first modules I install when building a new Joomla! website!

My only wish is the possiblity to open a website as a >>wrapper
byodberlin on April 26, 2008
ZIP file false or packing packed Error! Unpacking and re-pack, then the installation perfect!
Owner's reply

Thnx for the tip.

I created the first release for JOOMLA 1.5
this one should work for all

I like the module, but the categories show with a far too large font and are not consistent with other modules. Then I thought, okay lets try applying a suffix to change the look entirely and get around this problem, but the suffix which does work on other modules doesn't on this one. It does change the categories' look, but not how I expected.

Furthermore, a forum or some other place to discuss bugs rather than this review section would be nice. I didn't give a score yet as it's still a beta.
Owner's reply

As on request a forum is in place on the support site

For the CSS part look at the documentation how these are organized

Tried your workaround, but couldn't get it to work. Your instructions are not valid for J1.5. I tried to set the template position manually in templatedetails.xml and used loadposition instead of mosloadposition. Now when I try to display the content all I get is 'Direct Access to this location is not allowed.'.
Owner's reply

I know that the module doesn't work with 1.5 like it does for 1.0

Development for the 1.5 module is on a hold.

Currently i'm working to convert the module to a Component so that displaying should be simpler.

byneko on March 16, 2008
It's far better than the way the Joomla's built-in link page, and still simple enough without being bloated for our purpose.

Is it my site or it's the module, but when I type in a sentence in a description, for example, "This is a link." (no quotes), the tooltips shown when mouse hovering the link is ""This" (yes, there is a quote in the tooltip. Maybe a bug?
Owner's reply

It was indeed a bug. It's fixed in the last release

byMindvacant on March 9, 2008
and to the point!

Thanks a lot
byprimeval on March 6, 2008
I tried this out on a clients site and it is superb the client is very happy in all it is excellent
thankyou for the great work, i used it on a joomla1.0 site and had no hitches at all if only they were all this easy.
thanks again
Sometimes simple is best. This module is just what I was looking for, however, the module class suffix does not work at all. Changing values does not do anything to change the style of the module. I love the idea of the description in the tooltip. Would also like to be able to remove the Welcome text as well, but leaving that option blank only displays the default welcome text.
Owner's reply

I created a new version where the default Welcome Text is not filled in.

Also created a docment dat shows the classes to use

Hope that this is helpfull

bybudfit on January 12, 2008
simple and great!!!
bymrblonde on August 19, 2007
I have put this module to work in several of our sites and works a treat. Had a client ask if weblink categories could be sorted by category ordering so emailed John just as a suggestion for his next release. To my surprise some instructions were promptly emailed through of how to "hack" it, followed a few minutes later by a fully functional release.

Thanks for your hard work John, it was appreciated!

Julian.
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