Description
Auto Anchor Links is a WordPress Plugin that will automatically create anchor links to Header tags in content and display links to them at the top of the content or custom defined locations.
Features
- Has option to auto display anchor links to H tags in content.
- Allows control of which content to auto display links.
- Can disable plugin css to allow custom styles to be applied.
- Has widget available for display
- Insert custom title to display above links
- Clears all traces from any excerpts displayed
Installation
- Upload to your WordPress plugins folder.
- Activate in WordPress admin area.
- Update options under “Settings->Auto Anchor List”.
License
Copyright 2009 MindWireMedia, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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Hi, this is a great idea for a plugin and is exactly what I’m looking for but unfortunately I am not able to get it to work in 2.8.4.
I want to add a custom template tag to my theme to display links to the content headers in the sidebar (without using the pre-existing widget). I am thinking that I need to add:
[code][/code] to my template but when I do, I just get an error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function output_sidebar_links() in /themes/ShipluTheme/menu-sidebar.php on line 1
the code wont publish but between the code blocks in the comment above should be:
trying to show code in comment:
output_sidebar_links();
@WhiteKnight, Thank you!
It appears the FAQ on wordpress.org is not displaying the correct tag to use. There is a readme.txt file included in the folder that outlines what to add for custom locations and I will list here again for others use as well.
For a custom sidebar location, go to your sidebar .php and put:
< ?php global $mwm_aal; echo $mwm_aal->output_sidebar_links(); ?>
For a custom list location in a template page outside of “the_content” use:
< ?php global $mwm_aal; echo $mwm_aal->output_content_links(); ?>
*After you copy and paste from the page make sure the < is right next to the ? as wordpress puts a space between for display on here to prevent the code from executing.
I also want to use this but we’re still on 2.7 here and when I installed it and tried to activate, it took me to a blank page and my dashboard no longer worked. Thats a serious problem! What are the dependencies?
@Bitterjug, Interesting, there are no real dependencies, however I will review some of the plugin hooks to make sure that they are compatible with 2.7 and issue an update.
I really need to make these links appear on my sidebar. I followed the above,
output_sidebar_links(); ?> , placed in my sidebar, but i only see “” on my html code.
this is my site: http://www.tya.com.sg/microsite/southlinks/facilities/golf/
the anchor links you are seeing there is still part of the page content. Please help!!!…thanks! great plugin btw!
@Justin Blough,
Can you provide a sample site? I tried this and its not working properly.
@Justin Blough,
Hi Justin, i have the same problem with WordPress 2.7.1..
it gives me the same problem and the dashboard just disappeared..
Did you have time to take a look at compatibility with older versions?
Justin,
This is a really useful plugin for Commercial sites. I have used this concept on commercial sites using HTML. There are a couple of suggestions I think would really enhance its functionality.
1. H1, H2, H3 Indenting. (In the example below omit the “-”)
Heading 1
- Heading 2 Sub topic heading
–Heading 3 sub-sub-topic heading
Having the ability to indent the headings would assist usability of the page.
2. Having the option to Turn on/off the numerical identification of headings
e.g instead of having
1. Heading 1 topic 1
2. Heading 1 topic 2
3. Heading 1 topic 3
to
Heading 1 topic 1
Heading 1 topic 2
Heading 1 topic 3
Again, just a choice in Usability.
3. Retention of changes to options on the screen
Under Settings->Auto Anchor List
It would be good to allow the options you’ve chosen to be shown on the screen. It seems that when you change the options and save, the check boxes are cleared from the screen.
I appreciate your work on this plugin, its great!
Chris
Are there any known conflicts with other plugins? We were using the widget, and I don’t know when it stopped working, but widget shows up blank on our site. It doesn’t even show the title. Just a blank hole in our sidebar.
Any thoughts as to what could be hindering it?
Thanks,
Matt
You have made a great stuff,
Would you please explain in Plain English ‘ How it Works?”