Top of the Page
Version
1.22 (last update on May 6, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
46
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
27 April 2011
The problem with creating "Return to Top" links in content is that they do nothing for SEO and can even detract from it, and they can clutter your page. When you have a very long page, how do you decide where to put them? Do you need more than one?
Top of the Page removes these concerns by creating a "Return to Top" link when the page has been scrolled by a certain (administrator) designated distance. When the page is scrolled back to the top (above the designated distance), the link disappears. If your page is short and users can't scroll down the designated distance, the link will never be visible and cannot cause disruption.
Your button can be text or images - the style is set by CSS in the plugin configuration, so you're not limited to any included images. The text is set using standard Joomla translation files, and can be overridden using the Joomla Language Manager in your /administrator interface.
Your site isn't about "Return to Top" or "Back to Top", so why confuse your SEO by creating links? There is no need to put links to named anchors in your content which can negatively effect SEO. "Top of the Page" links are automatically created by this plugin and float in the designated position regardless of your position on the page. The administrator also has the option to enable Smooth Scroll, along with scroll speed, CSS options and more! And, it's invisible to search engines!
You've seen a similar implementation here in the JED (look in the lower right corner), but the JED uses a JQuery implementation while "Top of the Page" is configurable to use either MooTools or jQuery so you can load the correct Javascript framework and keep your pages loading fast!
In MooTools mode, this plugin implements ScrollSpy and SmoothScroll, both by David Walsh ( http://davidwalsh.name ).
By Popular Demand: Option to omit the link text for users who want to use an image. No more making language overrides to accomplish this simple requirement!
By Less-than-popular Demand: Tweaked code to prevent adding the anchor to the URL as well as Fx.Transitions/jQuery.transitions (all 37/34 of them respectively) - added for completeness, and because someone copied my extension and added 7 transitions so he could release it as his own.
Version 1.21 resolves a strange IE incompatibility that causes the URL to be returned as an object instead of a string.
Version 1.22 adds jQuery library option.
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An excellent extension for my website with excellent support too. As I'am an absolute beginner I asked for help in customizing the top of the page button. The help came in secounds and all my questions where kindly answered. Thank you Michael for this extension and your support, You are very kind!
Does exactly what it's supposed to do PLUS you can customize it. Excellent plugin!! Thank you!!
I am an absolute beginner in webdesign, I have only little experience in html code writing, css, my website is made with Artisteer *lol*, so...I am real beginner.
I found this little plugin, installed it, and it worked perfectly with that simple text link to get to the top of the page. But I wanted to have a cute button instead of the text link. As I am not familiar with css, I could not get it to work, so I wrote a short email to the developer and only a few minutes later I had my silly problem solved.
Great plugin and very helpful and patient developer!
Thank you.
I found this little plugin, installed it, and it worked perfectly with that simple text link to get to the top of the page. But I wanted to have a cute button instead of the text link. As I am not familiar with css, I could not get it to work, so I wrote a short email to the developer and only a few minutes later I had my silly problem solved.
Great plugin and very helpful and patient developer!
Thank you.
This is one great little plugin. Did exactly what my client wanted and was SO easy to install and configure. Thanks.
This is a great plugin. However, I encountered a problem when using it with a responsive template from joomlashine. While scrolling down the page, and the "back to top" image was to the right side of the responsive content, the "back to top" link didn't work, even if it showed up properly. The solution was to change the "back to top" z-index value to a greater value than the one of the content. Thank you for this wonderful plugin.
Just learning Joomla and built my first site and one of the finishing touches was a clean return to top plugin. So glad I found this! I swapped in some images, tweaked the minor amount of code it comes with and it's set up exactly how I like it.
The only thing I can't figure out is why it won't appear on child pages. There doesn't appear to be any differences in settings between them and the parent pages.
The only thing I can't figure out is why it won't appear on child pages. There doesn't appear to be any differences in settings between them and the parent pages.
Owner's reply
I would like to understand what you mean by "child pages". The link should appear on all pages generated by the Joomla site where the plugin is installed. An exception might be content opened within a modal window - depending on how it's opened.
Worked flawlessly right off the start line. EXCEPTIONALLY simplistic customization options, with absolutely no excessive "pre-built plugin code" that you have to override with copious amounts of CSS. Essentially, if you know BASIC CSS (which you really should if you're doing ANYTHING in a web environment), you should have no problems customizing it 100% to fit your requirements
Also works flawlessly on mobile (the desired avenue for which I am using said plugin).
There's absolutely nothing that I'd change. Well done, my good man!
Also works flawlessly on mobile (the desired avenue for which I am using said plugin).
There's absolutely nothing that I'd change. Well done, my good man!
Easy to use, works straight out of the box and it was easy to customise. Big thumbs up
Top marks for simplicity and effectiveness. It is easy to add, to style, and it works very smoothly. Really cool, thanks!!!
This is an excellent plug-in with no frills. Just the way I like it. I made one minor change to sbttFixedPermalink() and that was to add a z-index of 20 to make sure the arrow displayed on top of my right sidebar. Thanks.
simple ,easy to install & make it work ,,,it can't get any easier than this ,,,thumbs up to the developer ,,i highly recommend you to get this & to check his other extensions
Configuration is nicely designed - allows you to use inline styles from admin config or instead read from your own style sheet. The only addition by the developer I can see being useful to some people would be the ability to change the link text in the admin config instead of having to edit the plugin's files directly. Thanks.
Owner's reply
Like other multi-lingual extensions, it's a snap to use the language manager to override any language string used in this plugin.
Thanks for the great review!
Nice and simple extension. Does what you expect and easy to install. Good support. Could use an easier way of customizing.
Owner's reply
Language, CSS, positioning, appearance criteria, scroll transition selection and URL appearance can be customized. Exactly what about this extension doesn't have enough customization for you?
I went through the waste of time of registering on this site just to review this plug in and the coder after 6 years of using joomla and extensions.
Just top notch working plug in and very quick support!
5 stars for sure
little tip so he's not bothered by the question anymore :)
the #topofthepage URL problem- That can be removed by turning smooth scroll on. If you're not interested in smooth scrolling, just set the transition time to 0.
Just top notch working plug in and very quick support!
5 stars for sure
little tip so he's not bothered by the question anymore :)
the #topofthepage URL problem- That can be removed by turning smooth scroll on. If you're not interested in smooth scrolling, just set the transition time to 0.
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