Web Links
Web Links provides a comprehensive way to post weblinks to your site. All links are nodes, which may be put into taxonomies/categories and administered. Additionally blocks may be enabled for any category (or sub-category) of weblinks. This module plays nicely with taxonomy_access/node_access allowing for various group and individual editing options. Admins may also enable a "My Weblinks" page that displays which web links a user has submitted and what the publication status is for that link.
You may be interested in comparison shopping: Comparison of links page modules.
Views
- Views
- Very preliminary support for Views has been added. We could use a Views expert to join the team to help get it better.
- Views 2 RC2
- introduced and required some significant changes; Web Links has been updated for it. We recommend that you be reasonably current on Views.
- Write a review for this module on drupalmodules.com
- Report any bugs, feature requests, etc. in the issue tracker
- Review and comment on the issue queue, especially on "Roadmap" items. We value all adopter input in charting the course of this module.
- We are beginning to write tests for the SimpleTest module. You can help with this too. See #460622: Additional tests.
- Taxonomy Delegate can be used to allow non-admin roles the ability to maintain the Weblinks vocabulary.
- Image Attach can be used to add images (such as logos) to the links.
- RealName adds the ability to display an alternate name derived from the user profile along with a number of other features. Weblinks supports this at the current -dev version.
- Taxonomy Image can be used to add images to the link groups
- Category module appears to be incompatible with this module.
- The Pralexa (rankings) sub-module requires the PHP extension "SimpleXML," which is supposed to be standard in PHP5. If, for some reason, your host has disabled it, you will not be able to use Pralexa. This is something to take up with your host; do not file an issue on it.
- Read the documentation (two or three times is better). Don't forget the handbook pages, especially the FAQ.
- Review the existing issues list. (Don't forget to select "<all>" for the "Status" field.)
- Gather all the appropriate information. This may include (but is not limited to):
- Drupal version.
- Browser type and version.
- Database type and version.
- Error messages, if any.
- Module settings.
- Submit the issue. If other modules are involved, you may need to submit the issue to those modules as well.
- Added missing initialization statement.
- Correct a comment
- Add hook_weblinks_director(). #504490: hook_weblinks_director
- Change "more" link to standard class; help links to menu tab class. #486638: Weblinks block more link location
- Fix check for producing edit and delete links. #504790: "Edit Link" / "Delete Link" not appearing in overview on user's own links
- Always get an "Unclassified" block. #471736: Web Links: Random, Recent, Most Popular, etc. shouldn't disapear when selecting "Blocks by group"
- Group settings moved to group add/edit page. #498208: Block settings changes
- Remove overview page. #483764: Remove admin page
- "Set elsewhere" message no longer applies. #487766: Weblinks "blocks by group" set elsewhere
- Correct group sort order variable handling. #506312: Group links missing after editing a group
- Tab for main links page. #506328: Add tab link to get back to link page
- Move "page rankings" onto weblinks menu path. #506334: Move "Page Rankings" onto the weblinks menu path.
- Correct taxonomy check in admin.
- Add 'Unpublished' title and desc entry fields to admin form. #504202: 'Unpublished' title and desc entry fields on admin form
- Don't do links on comments. #507296: Links on comments
- Force groups with empty titles to not collapse. #504202: 'Unpublished' title and desc entry fields on admin form
- Setting to not link node title. #505962: Option to NOT link to NODE
- Feature to embed groups in content.#509786: Embed links in content
- Links_embed can now handle group names. #510088: Links_embed should also take a group name
- Fixed directory structure.
Upgrade Notice
We are trying to keep upgrade information in the handbook.
6.x-2.x
Some themes cause duplicate titles; we have made an option for those themes. To fix it, go to View settings field set and remove the check box from "show node title."
Version Status
With the increasing adoption of Drupal 6 and the maturing of D7, we feel the time has come to place our 5.x-2.x version into “maintenance only” mode. From now until we release a 7.x version there will be no new development on the 5.x-2.x version; we will, however, provide a best effort
to fix bugs.
Converters
We currently have conversion functions (as sub-modules) for Links Package, Janode, and LinksDB.
How can you get involved?
Other modules
Issues
As with all contributed modules, when considering submitting an issue:
PHP prior 5.2.5 and MySql 4
Due to end-of-life on PHP4 and MySql4, we no longer actively support either of those products. If a problem arises, we will make an effort to work around it, but will not make a guarantee. Drupal 7 will require PHP 5.2.5 or higher and MySql 5 (or Postgres 8); if your host is not at these levels yet, please encourage them to get there ASAP.
Also The Chicago Technology Cooperative for originally sponsoring work on this project.
Update.php
As with all modules, please make sure you run update.php after updating this module, even if no updates are identified.
Development version status
The development versions (-dev) are where the newest stuff is, including any bug fixes and new features. We try to make sure it is tested before we commit anything, but occasionally a bug will get by us. Your help on testing this code is greatly appreciated. The translation templates may not always be up-to-date in the dev releases.
Current Features being tested in Development
Update.php required: Yes
Thanks,
Robert and Nancy
Releases
| Official releases | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.0 | 2009-Jun-09 | 76 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 6.x |  |
| 6.x-1.6 | 2009-May-12 | 63.97 KB | Download · Release notes | Supported for 6.x |  |
| 5.x-2.5 | 2009-May-10 | 51.2 KB | Download · Release notes | Recommended for 5.x | |
| Development snapshots | Date | Size | Links | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.x-dev | 2009-Jul-04 | 76.43 KB | Download · Release notes | Development snapshot |  |
