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AutoLinks 1.5
- Author
- edam
- Version
- 1.5
- Updated
- Downloads
- 4,199
Vanilla 2.8 Compatibility
UnsureThe community has said nothing.
Version History
| 1.5 | October 2009 |
| 1.4 | March 2009 |
When you post an URL, AutoLinks automatically:
This plugin will work for any formatters that properly call their child formatters. Currently, this includes the default text formatter and the HTML formatter. The Markdown formatter doesn't, but it can easily be modified to work (see comment #3 below for instructions).
The code for this plugin was based on the MakeItSimpleFormatter. I re-wrote it to play nicely with other formatters, display links differently and so that I could apply some of the changes requested.
- Embeds images (PNGs, JPGs, GIFs, BMPs and some others)
- Embeds MP3s with a nice flash streamer/player
- Embeds videos (from several popular sites - see below)
- Turns other URLs (including mailto:, ftp://, etc) in to a clickable link
- Youtube
- Google video
- Vimeo
- metacafe
- LiveLeak.com
- Dailymotion
- myspace video
- Spike
- Redlasso
- onsmash.com
- tangle
!http://www.example.com/video/1 will be a clickable link and won't embed video in the page.
Development Information
Change log is available here.
I am happy to add support for other video sites to this plugin. If you want another site supported, just ask (or post a patch!).This plugin will work for any formatters that properly call their child formatters. Currently, this includes the default text formatter and the HTML formatter. The Markdown formatter doesn't, but it can easily be modified to work (see comment #3 below for instructions).
The code for this plugin was based on the MakeItSimpleFormatter. I re-wrote it to play nicely with other formatters, display links differently and so that I could apply some of the changes requested.
Questions
