Clickable Links Plus

Description

Plugin for Omeka Classic. Once installed and active, URLs contained in selected elements will be turned into hyperlinks opening up (in a new page, if external). The Plugin works with all valid web URLs and e-mail addresses.

The plugin uses the free js library Linkify for finding links in plain-text and converting them to HTML tags.

Settings allow to choose the elements affected by the plugin, plus whether to show a tooltip, whether to shorten the visibile URL and whether to affect only well-formatted URLs. Functionality can be extended to Collections pages.

Version 1.3: new option to add "wikipedia-style" icon to external links. Version 1.4: new option to use the plugin also for Exhibits.

Installation

Uncompress files and rename plugin folder "ClickableLinksPlus".

Then install it like any other Omeka plugin.

Warning

Use it at your own risk.

It’s always recommended to backup your files and your databases and to check your archives regularly so you can roll back if needed.

Troubleshooting

See online issues on the plugin issues page on GitHub.

License

This plugin is published under the CeCILL v2.1 licence, compatible with GNU/GPL and approved by FSF and OSI.

In consideration of access to the source code and the rights to copy, modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only with a limited warranty and the software’s author, the holder of the economic rights, and the successive licensors only have limited liability.

In this respect, the risks associated with loading, using, modifying and/or developing or reproducing the software by the user are brought to the user’s attention, given its Free Software status, which may make it complicated to use, with the result that its use is reserved for developers and experienced professionals having in-depth computer knowledge. Users are therefore encouraged to load and test the suitability of the software as regards their requirements in conditions enabling the security of their systems and/or data to be ensured and, more generally, to use and operate it in the same conditions of security. This Agreement may be freely reproduced and published, provided it is not altered, and that no provisions are either added or removed herefrom.

Copyright

Copyright Daniele Binaghi, 2020-2021

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Gero Zahn for the idea with his original plugin ClickableLinks, and to SoapBox for their Linkify JS library.