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Modern Linklist

Extension key:

ab_linklist

Current version:

1.9.6 (July 30, 2009)

Subversion repository:

http://typo3.andreas-bulling.de/websvn/listing.php?repname=ab_linklist

To check out the trunk issue the following command:
svn co http://repos.andreas-bulling.de/ab_linklist/trunk/ ab_linklist
This will check out a working copy into the current directory.

Rating:

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Documentation:

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Details:

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Tutorial:

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Demo:

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T3X file:

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Manual (PDF):

download (1.3 MB)

Description:

This is a modern and extended linklist plugin compatible to the "cmw_linklist" extension.
It has the following features:

  • Backend users can create categories and links, they can accept or delete new links proposed by frontend users, accept or disable links reported broken by frontend users and can check for non-working links (the latter also from behind a proxy server as curl support is available).
  • Backend users can promote their own site by sending "1-click" promotion e-mails (with an image attachment if defined in the FlexForm) to the contact addresses provided with link records and manage the promotions within the (therefore extended) backend module.
  • Frontend users can rate links, the current rating/number of votes is shown in the detailed link view and also with small stars in the category view. Both features can be disabled in the backend.
  • Frontend users can specify a contact address and a banner image when proposing a new link. The maximum sizes for images in the category and detailed link view can be defined in the backend.
  • All link and category values (label, description, href, rating, banner image, parent category, ...) are fully editable in the backend which also provides comfortable, graphical category trees.
  • The extension features comprehensive, FlexForm-based configuration options for all important settings.
  • For each category the total number of links (plus links in all subcategories) is shown in the frontend.
  • For each category an image can be defined which is shown in front of the category link instead of the standard black triangle.
  • The number of links shown on a page can be limited to a certain value, a comfortable page browser has been added.
  • Flexible "TOP lists" show the TOPx number of links concerning rating, clicks and creation time per category (and below).
  • A "TREE" view shows a tree of all categories and links on one page similar to other linklists around.
  • A "CATALOG" view shows a catalog of the categories and links similar to the google catalog.
  • date_stdWrap and time_stdWrap functions can be used to format the display of date and time.
  • An e-mail (with configurable subject) is sent to a specified address if a link is proposed/reported broken by a frontend user.
  • The plugin supports basic multiple-click and multiple-rating protection by storing the user's IP address.
  • A blacklist for words in the label and description fields of a link is provided. If the user-submitted label and/or description contains one of these words, the link proposal is refused with an error message.
  • A (simple and slow) search function has been added which provides searching on label and description of links.
  • The design and layout can be fully customized and fitted to your needs by editing the supplied CSS-based and table-based templates. "Default CSS-styles" with some basic CSS-definitions are also provided.
  • Caching of the output can be enabled and the extension also makes use of the new cHash mechanism.
  • The extension is capable of displaying multi-language content: Categories and links can be translated using the standard TYPO3 facilities.
  • The extension supports the versioning of links and the workspaces functionality offered by TYPO3 version 4.0.
  • The extension features import wizards which allow to 1) automatically generate a SQL query to import categories/links from other link lists/database tables and 2) to import categories/links from a CSV file.
  • The extension also features an export wizard which allows to export categories/links to different output formats (HTML, XML, TXT and CSV are supported so far).
  • The backend module offers a statistics functionality which allows to view statistics on the categories/links contained in the database.
  • FreeCap and Captcha Library support (extensions: "sr_freecap" and “captcha”) is integrated for the “Propose a new link” frontend form.
  • The extension supports frontend editing of link records.
  • The extension features sponsored links which are always shown first in the different views and can have assigned an additional description.

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Last update: July 30, 2009