link towards

[Dr. Jekyll]

It is possible to add an automatic link towards as in this Directory mod for joomla?

AlphaContent 4.0.6 (Joomla 1.5 natively)

[Bruceper]

You might be able to do that with a custom field and some coding changes.

You would use this to wrap around your text area

<textarea name="source" rows="7" cols="40" onclick="this.focus();this.select()">html code goes here <%$custom_field_name_here%> end html code </textarea>

[FSGDAG]

This would also be a great plugin for IndexU!!! I could see where echo@ would benefit from it with his articleconveyer.com

[Bruceper]

Plugin? I just gave the code to do it

[FSGDAG]

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Yep.... But hard coding MODs will only lead to problems in the future. Use the code you gave in a plugin, and no worries about upgrades in the future

Its just my opinion, but the only thing that I would want to edit in the templates anymore is just design and maybe adding / removing blocks. Everything when it comes to code enhancements should be a plugin

[Bruceper]

I know that, that's why I said I just gave the code.

Now it's your turn to take that, make it a plugin and submit it for the motm

[Dr. Jekyll]

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I look for it!

[echo@]

I dont think this is needed to be a plugin, you could probally do away with the custom field also, its up to you.

You looking to include this within the detail_link.html.

So create a custom page , and clear out the contents then thanks to bruce and a little tweeking ... paste

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( edit the Bold areas to your desires)

into the page and save , in this example ill call it linkback.html

Now find your detail_link.html file and include to your desired location the linkback file like so.

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Browse your detail link


I have put it up on my site works really well thanks

I see this working really well for any indexu directory , regardless if it uses <%$url%> or not

[echo@]

Well I have taken up the challenge bruce and made my first plugin, so its avalible for both versions.

Check it out over here Link Back Plugin

I have one snag with the plugin which im not to sure about.

When you put &copy; in a php file it prints a diamond with a questionmark in the middle �, works fine on straght html pages.

werid

[Bruceper]

I saw the plugin post before I saw this. I'm glad you took up the challenge.

I'm not sure why &copy; would do that, it should just output the copyright symbol. I'll see if I can take a peek for you.

[Dr. Jekyll]

SIGH! SIGH! SIGH! SIGH!


...nobody give me credit for the idea

[FSGDAG]

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In the credits, would you like to be called 'Dr. Jekyll' or "Mr. Hyde"???