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The bretteleben.de "Weblinks with Thumbshots" component for Joomla! 1.5 modifys the default Joomla! component "Weblinks" and replaces the default icons with thumbshots (preview images) of the linked website. The link to your thumbshot provider is set in the backend of the default "Weblinks" component.
Why a core hack instead of a separate component? The modification concerns only 3 files of the original component and this is - in my opinion - no reason to reinvent the complete component. In addition - this way allows to go on using the already existent links and takes just a few clicks to install/uninstall.
Features:
- replaces the icons of the weblinks with thumbshots
- free to choose thumbshot provider
Installation and Usage
The component gets installed via the Joomla! backend and accessed via the menu item Components > Weblinks with Thumbshots.
The interface of the component offers just 1 option at a time:
- enable
(if the component is disabled)
Enabling the component makes a backup of the concerned original files and than replaces them with the midified ones. In addition the parameters plus default values get saved to the database.
- disable
(if the component is enabled)
Disabling the component rereplaces the modified files with the original ones.
As soon as the component is enabled tha configuration panel (Link: Parameters) of the default component "Weblinks" (Joomla! Backend > Components > Weblinks) contains two additional parameters. The first one is the link to your thumbshot provider (thumbshots.com, websnapr, ...), the second the width of the thumbshots. The part "#URL#" has to be present in any case, it gets replaced by the component with the URL of the current weblinks.
A step by step tutorial will follow soon.
Demo
A sample of the component in action: Links > AdNetworks
Limitations/Preview
This is the first version of the component, bugs are possible/likely, bugreports and suggestions highly welcome.
Requirements
The default Joomla! component "Weblinks" has to be installed and activated.
Compatibility
Tested Joomla! versions:
- 1.5.15
- 1.5.14 - thanks to Orazio for reporting
Successfully tested thumbshot providers:
- thumbshots.com
- websnapr.com
- fadeout.de
- thumbalizr.com
- snapcasa.com
- picoshot.com
- bitpixels.com
- thumber.de
- websnapr.com
- snapr.seekxl.de
- thumbnails.iwebtool.com
Additional tests will follow, reports (works/doesn't) are highly welcome!
Licence
The component is licensed under the GNU Public License (www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).
update Version: 1.0.0
Support
If you have questions or suggestions, please use the comment-function.
If you use this extensions, please post a rating and a review at extensions.joomla.org. Furthermore I appreciate everyone, supporting me by including www.bretteleben.de in his/her weblink repository. The layout of the component comes intentionally without a mandatory link.
If you need additional features or customizations for your project that exceed the scope of support offered through the comments, you are invited to submit your requirements specification and the planned budget by email (menu item "Contact" in the menu at the top).
Download
The ZIP-archive contains the component, by downloading it you agree to the terms of the GNU Public License.
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com_weblinkswt.1.0.0.zip
Hallo,
bekomme wenn ich meinen Websnapr-Key eintrage nur einen zweiten Link angezeigt, dort wo eigentlich das Bild erscheinen sollte. Desweiteren tauchen die eingetragenen Links nicht in meinem Seitenquellcode auf, dass ist schlecht für meine Linkpartner, da ihre Links somit nicht mehr bei Google bewertet werden. Hast du einen Lösungsvorschlag ???
Mfg
Benjamin
www.terraristik-kassel.com
Hallo Benjamin!
Die Thumbshots werden mittlerweilen angezeigt, die Komponente funktioniert also. Und was die Art der Verlinkung angeht, das ist Sache der zu Grunde liegenden Joomla! Weblinks Komponente. Die Links gehen immer über eine Brückenseite. Auf diese Art und Weise werden auch die Hits gezählt. Eine direkte Verlinkung (Backlink) ist in der Komponente nicht vorgesehen.
Gruß
Andreas
"Weblinks with Thumbshots" Komponente für Joomla! 1.5
Läuft auch unter Version 1.5.20, (mit thumbshots.org)
Beispiel: www.spotter-cgn.de/...
vielen Dank
Hallo,
ich habe die Komponente installiert und meinen websnapr key wie beschrieben eingetragen - bekomme aber wenn ich beim Menü "Weblinks with Thumbshots" auswähle im Frontend immer einen http 404 Error.
Die Komponente ist aktiv, hab schon alles mögliche kontrolliert - finde aber den Fehler nicht.
Bin für jede Hilfe dankbar weil diese Komponente genau das ist, was ich schon lange suche!
lg,
Karin
Hallo Karin!
Die Komponente modifiziert nur die HTML-Ausgabe der originalen Weblink-Komponente, im Menü verlinkst Du also wie bisher die Komponente "Weblinks", nicht "Weblinks with Thumbshots".
Gruß
Andreas
Hello. I install the component, enable it but it doesn´t work. I have a small thumbnail that says Thumbshoots.com Image comming soon.
Do I need to register in thumbshoot?
What I'm doing wrong?
Thanks
jagsilva
Hi jagsilva!
If you see a thumbshot from the choosen thumbshot provider this means that the component IS working.
Usually if the provider tells you that the thumbshot is coming soon, this means that the thumbshot is coming soon.
In most cases the thumbshiot is not available and will show up as soon as the spider visited the site.
Anyway, using a commercial provider is of course more comftable because the requested thumbshots get cached faster.
About thumbshots.com, you don't have to register an account but you "should" include a backlink at the page you are showing the thumbshots. Have a look at the section links at bretteleben.de, I am using a module for custom content to include this link (right column). Future versions of the component will offer possibilioties to include such a link directly from the configuration panel without having to use a third party extension.
Best regards
Andreas
I have put the url from pageglimpse.com ( just like this http://images.pageglimpse.com/v1/thumbnails?url=#URL#&size=large&devkey=ae8cd61a4164784cdcbdaf ) and i get the small thumbnails, what could i have done wrong?
Hi dirna!
Please check if you set the second parameter - the width of the thumbshots - to the value you want them to get shown. In addition - if you already created and modified menu items for the component weblinks - check the set parameters in these menu items too (Joomla! backend > menu item "menus" > the menu that contains these items, select a menu item, check the params in the tab "params - component").
This is the second place settings for a component get saved which allows to use different configurations for different menu items.
Best regards
Andreas
Hi Yah,
Thanks for a brilliant extension, I loaded it up & it showed exactly what I wanted. Then I decided that the default size of the thumbnails needed to be larger, went to Components -> Web links -> Chose a Link to modify the thumbnail size & none of the extra configuration settings are showing up in the admin, all I see is the standard Joomla web link admin, nothing for thumbnail sizes or for changing the thumbnail provider.
Any suggested work-arounds ? Or which file can I modify to reflect those changes that I want ?
Many thanks in advance
Chae
Hi Chae!
In your Joomla! backend go to Components > Weblinks and in this interface click at the button in the upper right toolbar click the button "Parameters" (second from the right). Scroll down and you will find the two additional parameters. There you can set them in general.
The second place to change them (for one menu item only) ist the respective menu item in your menu manager where you will find the parameters under tha tab "Component - Parameters".
Best regards
Andreas
Hi,
ich finde dieses Tool echt klasse. Gibt es die Möglichkeit das Tool auch zu anzupassen, dass ein Thumb mit in der Kategorieansicht angezeigt wird (evtl. auch ein fest definiertes).
Beste Grüße
Steve
Hallo Steve!
Nein, und das wird auch nicht kommen, weil es einfacher ist, ein fix definiertes Bild in die Kategoriebeschreibung aufzunehmen.
Gruß
Andreas
Hi there,
I would love to use your extension, but somehow dont get it to work. I am not very experienced with Joomla, so might just miss something obvious. My problem is the thumbshot url, I tried to use PageGlimpse and dont know what the urld would need to be. Their documentation only tells you how to get single pages, but the Weblinks component requires a general thumbshot url as far as I understand, so this is were I got stuck. It would be great if one of you could help me out. Thanks so much!
Warm regards,
Stefanie
Hi Stefanie!
I didn't register for an account at pageglimps.com and therefore cannot tell you if it really works, but - following their documentation (http://www.pageglimpse.com/features/api) the code you need is the one to:
Get single thumbnail (GET thumbnails)
Have a look at the parameters they describe and use the apropriate values (the size, your dev.code, nothumb, ...)
The only parameter the value is fixed is the parameter URL. This parameter gets the value #URL# and this value will get replaced by the component with the specific URL of the page you want to show the thumbshot for automatically.
Following the sample at this page, your request string could look such as:
http://images.pageglimpse.com/v1/thumbnails?url=#URL#&size=large&devkey=123456789
Best regards
Andreas
Just what i was after! You are the Man!! Excellent, worked straight away. Many Thanks
I have done all the above and the results are the small thumbnails, i cant get the large one, i wonder why
Es werden nur vereinzelt Icons dargestellt bzw. nur mit dem Thumbshots Logo. Hat Jemend eine Idee?
Vielen Dank.
Hallo Bernd!
Einerseits sollten mittlerweilen bereits mehr Vorschaubilder verfügbar sein - Thumbshots.com braucht immer einige Zeit.
Zusätzlich empfiehlt es sich, einen Backlink auf der Seite zu platzieren (das glit für einige der freien Dienste). In der Sektioon Links hier auf bretteleben.de ist das über ein Modul für "custom HTML" realisiert, zukünftige Versionen der Komponente werden die Option bereits beinhalten.
Bei kommerziellen Paketen ist das natürlich nicht erforderlich.
Gruß
Andreas