External Link Plugin

This plugin will mark external links so users don't leave your site by accident.

This will only work for forced links marked up using []-syntax - like i.e. [[http://external.site.com][an external site]]).

URLs that are just written in straight text (i.e. just http://external.site.com) are left untouched.

Syntax Rules

Remember to use the [] forced link syntax.

Plugin Settings

One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = This plugin will mark external links so users don't leave your site by accident.

External link mark (besides images it is also possible to use HTML entity characters like e.g. "»" (»))
- Set MARK =

Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
- Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

This plugin is installed by default with a TWiki release. You should not need to install the plugin unless it is for an upgrade.

Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)

Unzip ExternalLinkPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

File:	Description:
`data/TWiki/ExternalLinkPlugin.txt`	Plugin topic
`lib/TWiki/Plugins/ExternalLinkPlugin.pm`	Plugin Perl module
`pub/TWiki/ExternalLinkPlugin/external.gif`	Default graphic for external link mark
`ExternalLinkPlugin_installer.pl`	Plugin installer script

(Dakar) Visit configure in your TWiki installation, and enable the plugin in the {Plugins} section.

Testing your installation

To test if the plugin is correctly installed, check the following links.

External links

The links in the "If plugin enabled"-column should be marked with a External link mark if the plugin is functioning correctly.

Verbatim	Pre-rendered	If plugin enabled
`[[http://TWiki.org][TWiki.org: TWiki's home]]`	TWiki.org: TWiki's home	TWiki.org: TWiki's home
`[[ftp://no.where.com][Some nonexistent FTP site]]`	Some nonexistent FTP site	Some nonexistent FTP site
`[[https://sourceforge.net][Sourceforge.net under a secure connection]]`	Sourceforge.net under a secure connection	Sourceforge.net under a secure connection

Local links

Not surprisingly, ExternalLinkPlugin won't mark local links as being external. The following links should not be marked with a External link mark :

Verbatim	Pre-rendered	If plugin enabled
`[[%ATTACHURL%/bli.png][link to (nonexistent) local attachment]]`	link to (nonexistent) local attachment	link to (nonexistent) local attachment
`[[%SCRIPTURL%/view%SCRIPTSUFFIX%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%][explicit link to this topic]]`	explicit link to this topic	explicit link to this topic

Plugin Info

Plugin Author:	TWiki:Main.AurelioAHeckert, TWiki:Main.NelsonFerraz, TWiki:Main.AntonioTerceiro
Plugin Version:	v1.11 - 24 Apr 2006
Change History:
24 Apr 2006:	(v1.11) - `%TOPIC% removed from =MARK` definition, wasn't expanded correctly.

| 23 Apr 2006: | (v1.10) - Incorporated patch from TWiki:Main.TobiasRoeser

(only mark external link once in an included scenario). Minor doc brush-up. Changed default marker to external.gif graphic. (TWiki:Main.SteffenPoulsen

02 Nov 2005:	(v1.00) - Initial release
CPAN Dependencies:	none
Other Dependencies:	none
Perl Version:	5.005
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License )
Benchmarks:	GoodStyle nn%, FormattedSearch nn%, ExternalLinkPlugin nn%
Plugin Home:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/ExternalLinkPlugin
Feedback:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/ExternalLinkPluginDev
Appraisal:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/ExternalLinkPluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins

Revision: r1 - 2006-04-24 - 05:35:37 - TWikiContributor

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