This module has great potential, thanks for the hard work! However, just installed to my local test server and found out that the links in side blocks lead directly to link URLs, but not to the link nodes?

Also, in the links listings, the links are pointing directly to the URL's and not to the node... that leads to a situation, you can't for example edit the link node(s) at the same time when you browse the links directory.

One more thing... it seems that web_link nodes have some problems with teaser breaks (not respecting teaser length settings?) and parsing empty lines to line breaks?

Unfortunately I have no idea of coding and can't help, but thanks again for the great module

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ideaoforder’s picture

ideaoforder commented
Assigned: Unassigned » ideaoforder
Category: bug » feature
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Interesting--I hadn't actually considered the possibility that folks wanted links to lead to nodes and not urls. It was by design that all all links are to the actual URLs, as that's how most links pages work on websites. I think to get the functionality you're thinking of, you could just use CCK or Flexinode to add in a URL field to nodes.

That being said, I could make a setting for toggling whether links lead to actual URLs or whether they lead to nodes. That way, users would have control over it.

I'll look at adding that in to the next revision.

Abilnet’s picture

Abilnet commented

Actually, I feel the power of the Web Links -module is that it is a simple and quick "drop in and go" -solution for a basic links directory. Any other needs I suppose CCK is the way to go.

There are different needs, of course, but I personally feel that the following is useful linking structure for a simple links -directory:

links from side blocks ---> to link-nodes or to URLs (selectable in settings)
link listings ---> title goes to node, below teaser are two links: "Read more" which goes to the node, and "Visit site" of course

just 2 cents...

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Status: Closed (works as designed) » Closed (fixed)

This is an option now.