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INTRODUCTION
------------
The External Links module is a very simple approach to adding icons to links
to external websites or e-mail addresses. It is a purely JavaScript
implementation, so the icons are only shown to users that have JavaScript
enabled.

External Links was written by Nathan Haug.
Built by Robots: http://www.lullabot.com

REQUIREMENTS
------------
No special requirements.

INSTALLATION
------------
Simply install External Links like you would any other module.

1) Copy the extlink folder to the modules folder in your installation.

2) Enable the module using Administer -> Modules (/admin/build/modules).

3) No additional configuration is necessary though you may fine-tune settings at
   Administer -> Site configuration -> External Links (/admin/settings/extlink).

CONFIGURATION
-------------
No additional configuration is necessary though you may fine-tune settings at
Manage -> Configuration -> External Links
(/admin/config/user-interface/extlink).

A NOTE ABOUT THE CSS
--------------------
This module adds a CSS file that is only a few lines in length. You may choose
to move this CSS to your theme to prevent the file from needing to be loaded
separately. To do this:

1) Open the .info file for your theme, add this line of code to prevent
   the extlink.css file from loading:
   stylesheets[all][] = extlink.css
2) Open the extlink.css file within the extlink directory and copy all the code
   from the file into your theme's style.css file.
3) Copy the extlink.png and mailto.png files to your theme's directory.

Note that you DO NOT need to make a extlink.css file. Specifying the file in the
info file is enough to tell Drupal not to load the original file.

MAINTAINERS
-----------
Current maintainers:

- Lachlan Ennis (elachlan) - https://www.drupal.org/u/elachlan
- Nate Haug (quicksketch) - https://www.drupal.org/u/quicksketch

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  1. INTRODUCTION

  2. ------------

  3. The External Links module is a very simple approach to adding icons to links

  4. to external websites or e-mail addresses. It is a purely JavaScript

  5. implementation, so the icons are only shown to users that have JavaScript

  6. enabled.

  7. 

  8. External Links was written by Nathan Haug.

  9. Built by Robots: http://www.lullabot.com

  10. 

  11. REQUIREMENTS

  12. ------------

  13. No special requirements.

  14. 

  15. INSTALLATION

  16. ------------

  17. Simply install External Links like you would any other module.

  18. 

  19. 1) Copy the extlink folder to the modules folder in your installation.

  20. 

  21. 2) Enable the module using Administer -> Modules (/admin/build/modules).

  22. 

  23. 3) No additional configuration is necessary though you may fine-tune settings at

  24.    Administer -> Site configuration -> External Links (/admin/settings/extlink).

  25. 

  26. CONFIGURATION

  27. -------------

  28. No additional configuration is necessary though you may fine-tune settings at

  29. Manage -> Configuration -> External Links

  30. (/admin/config/user-interface/extlink).

  31. 

  32. A NOTE ABOUT THE CSS

  33. --------------------

  34. This module adds a CSS file that is only a few lines in length. You may choose

  35. to move this CSS to your theme to prevent the file from needing to be loaded

  36. separately. To do this:

  37. 

  38. 1) Open the .info file for your theme, add this line of code to prevent

  39.    the extlink.css file from loading:

  40.    stylesheets[all][] = extlink.css

  41. 2) Open the extlink.css file within the extlink directory and copy all the code

  42.    from the file into your theme's style.css file.

  43. 3) Copy the extlink.png and mailto.png files to your theme's directory.

  44. 

  45. Note that you DO NOT need to make a extlink.css file. Specifying the file in the

  46. info file is enough to tell Drupal not to load the original file.

  47. 

  48. MAINTAINERS

  49. -----------

  50. Current maintainers:

  51. 

  52. - Lachlan Ennis (elachlan) - https://www.drupal.org/u/elachlan

  53. - Nate Haug (quicksketch) - https://www.drupal.org/u/quicksketch