JumpLink v1.6 Module

New and improved joomla 1.5 friendly module to add a jumplink system to your website. The module creates a dropdown box populated with the links from the Joomla Weblinks entries. Simply create the web addresses in the Joomla 1.5 admin menu: "Components/Web Links/Links". Clicking on the go button will redirect to the appropriate selection. This module makes this normally tedious task a lot easier. The following features are supported:

* Target windows(parent, new w/toolbar, new w/o toolbar)
* Blank first entry
* First item title for dropdown box (ie: My links:)
* Display weblink categories of your choice or all categories
* Sort by weblink default or nominate ascending or descending
* Image support for submit (Go) button

The following features are now supported in v1.4

* Autoredirect (option to not use Go button - requires javascript)
* Bug fix for Safari

v1.6

* Cross browser fixes

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I needed a easy system for bringing up a lists of meeting minutes (pdf files) from our local schools and city councils. Jumplink installed easily, set up four different categories for four dropdown bars, and started entering the link. It works very easily and my client won't need any programming knowledge to maintain the lists.
bycomparellc on May 24, 2009
Good plugin! I do have a feature request. If you could integrate this into the Joomla menu system content as well as just straight up links, I would grab it in a heartbeat.

Good work!
byshoebidoo on February 3, 2009
great small extension. How can the module be changed to do a 'auto-redirect' using the OnChange method? Now the user has to use the 'go' button. I noticed that most of the navigation with pull down works with automatic directs. Have some code modifications available?
Owner's reply

Autodirect now supported in v1.4

Hello,
I tried it on 1.5.8 joomla installation with sh404sef and Sentinelle plugin.
At first, I have published it on just one page and when it clicked "GO" it sent me to my homepage but not to the link it was supposed to get me. So I thought it might be eather a problem with sh404sef or sentinelle. I disabled them but it didn't helped. Then I published the module on every pages and then the redirectin works well. This work find for me since the dropdown will be on every pages.

It works perfectly when published on all pages. Very good module. For me worth a 5 when the bugg is fixed.

Keep up the good work,
Frederik
Owner's reply

Very helpful feedback. Version 1.2 now corrects this issue.

byBarbabrorsan on December 17, 2008
Installation = not a problem, but it doesn't show anything in the dropdown-menu... As I understand it, you need to create a new category within the component for "Web Links", called "Jumplinks". Even so, it doesn't show the other categories either...
Owner's reply

It seem like you are using it correctly however I cannot explain why it doesn't work for you...What version of Joomla? I would need more info to resolve your problem.

byunixboymd on November 8, 2008
This module does not respect the published / unpublished status of listings or even categories from the WebLinks extension.

When choosing a link and clicking the "GO" button the link opens in the same window. You may want to consider having the link open in a new window.

Also, you may want to add in the ability to filter links based on a particular category or categories.
Owner's reply

Published and unpublished now respected in v1.1. Also added the ability to open in new window (requires javascript). Also added ability to display only links with the weblink category 'Jumplinks' or to display all weblinks from any category. Full category support will be considered for future versions.