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nice one

2011-05-05 - ekukabel

thank you for this very nice plugin :-))

is there any way to get it run under 1.5? I have 1.6 only for testing and i found it not so good.

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Love or hate 1.6, it's here to stay. The same cannot be said for 1.5. Eventually (January 2012) support will end and extensions will follow. Writing two versions of an extension adds a lot of extra work for no monetary reason...Remember, all of my extensions are free. On that note, I CAN be bribed.

Very nice

2011-05-05 - Nima Nouri

The code is working very well. and it is hidden untill you scroll down the age and then you will see a button with a adjustable color is apearing which is the thing I am exactly looking for.
However the problem is it will shift the menu bar (in position-0 my_beez20 nature template) down and it is annoying.
I hope the developer continue his great work and correct the bug.

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Thanks for reporting your issue, but I wish you had contacted me regarding the issue rather than post it here in the review. I try to be very responsive to errors or other issues with my extensions. Version 1.1 is now available and resolves this issue - tested against the beez template.

Nice easy to use for both admins and visitors

2011-05-07 - Thomas

Very nice to use for both admins and visitors I think, espcially since the colors can be modified so it gets discreet.
One thing I miss though is a way to translate it. If I could easily translate it to other languages it would get 5 stars from me.
Thanks.

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You should note that this extension is a plugin AND language file. This means the plugin uses standard joomla translation files. If you want another language, copy the English translation file to the appropriate language folder and translate it. No chance for that 5th star now, even though the plugin already does this.

Thank You

2011-05-13 - eveline

This very nice plugin. I've just one question. How can I change "return to top" to different language?

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You'll need to create a language file for the plugin to represent each language you want to translate. Basically, in your administrator folder, you'll find administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_system_topofthepage.ini Copy that file into your needed language folders, so copy it to administrator/language/xx-XX/xx-XX.plg_system_topofthepage.ini Then edit the file, changing the value within quotes to the appropriate word or phrase in your target language. The specific line you'll need to translate is: PLG_SYS_TOPOFTHEPAGE_GOTOTOP="Return to Top" The rest of the file is for the plugin translations in the backend.

Great MooTools Based Top of the Page

2011-05-30 - Nicolas

Works out of the box and easy to install. Integrates the possibility to customize it directly in the plug-in settings or via you template stylesheet. Excellent support. Thanks

Brilliant and simple to set up

2011-06-06 - Jon Siddall

This is for sure the easiest method for adding a back to top button.
Worked straight away.
Great that the CSS can be customised in the plugin.
Nice smooth fade and scroll effects.
Excellent job :)
Many thanks for making it easy

Great

2011-06-16 - Wael Mohamed

Just a Great work. all what you need, adding some documentation about changing language and some tutorials about how to add images and custom words.

Great extension

2011-07-11 - Robert

Great extension. easy to set up.
Is there a way to put graphics instead of text?

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That can be done using CSS settings in the plugin configuration.

Seamless integration

2011-10-03 - vivi

Excellent. Great Job. Very little to say apart from that. Oh yes very configurable and light too . The CSS part is a breeze add cursors or what ever you want .

Thank you developer

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Thank you for your kind words. I wanted to provide that seamless experience, with all of the flexibility I required when implementing it in my own projects. Everything needed to be customizable! I'm glad it works for you and everyone who's given positive reviews (and even those who haven't)

Just great extension!

2011-10-23 - Vladimir Dabić

This is one of my favorite extension, it is very useful, it looks great, you can customize it how ever you want (CSS), nice vanishing effect, and there is a language support. Everything you need for returning to top extension. And there is more, great support from developer. Thank you very much!

Excellent Plugin

2011-10-27 - Dan Blue

Integrates seamlessly with Joomla 1.7.2 and is easy to configure and style. Easy for a beginning Joomla user.

A perfect solution to adding Back to Top code article by article, which addressed a long listing of blog articles.

Needs customization

2011-11-03 - Sandy Verschaeve

Good extension, easy to install and activate.
One remark : why is it installed with such an incomplete oldfashioned CCS preset ?
I added rounded corners, removed the underline, added a modern font and it looked great.

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OLD FASHIONED!?!? Yeah, I guess you're right. I didn't want to presume that I could create a perfect output which would work with every color scheme, so I made output that would stand out against most color schemes. For me it was important to make it easy to style so site administrators didn't need to do anything other than configure the plugin.

Absolutely brilliant

2011-12-04 - Michael Kenneally

Superb plugin. So easy to install and configure. Works perfectly with 1.7.

Very Nice ?

2011-12-16 - Arna Fríða Ingvarsdóttir

Really nice and easy to install and style.

For improvement it would be nice to include parameters that make it available to put in own text for the "Return to top" that is automatically generated.

Otherwise. Highly recommended. :)

Good job :)

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I considered adding a field for the button text, but that would prevent use in multi language sites. Using the language override capabilities of joomla is the recommended method.

Perfect!

2011-12-20 - Teresa Wadleigh

This is SUPER! Very configurable - CSS and other customization is right there in the plugin parameters; no need to hack files. The only thing I noticed that could be a problem is that in a narrow window it hid behind my right column. Because the CSS was right there it was easy to fix (z-index: 89;).

One more thing: My template has a "Go to Top" link in it, but it wouldn't work with the Slider extension. (My template "Go to Top" link kept setting up a link like '.../page#last-slide-name#top'. Since that anchor didn't exist, the link went nowhere.) "Top of the Page" works perfectly every time - even with Slider links open or closed.

THANK YOU and GOD BLESS!

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Yeah, z-index can't be anticipated. I never know what environment my plugin will be installed, so I can't anticipate everything. I can, however, provide options ;) Like you said, CSS is right there - and that's why it's there. Glad you like the plugin!

Perfect!

2011-12-23 - elToreador

Very easy to install component. It works perfect and looks really nice.
Support is also helpful and quick - I had little problem with my site and author helped me quickly and solved my problem in 100%. I recommend this component for all Joomla users :)

Great Plugin

2012-02-07 - Andreas Tenhagen

The plugin does what it should! I already used it last year, but due to some compability issues (cannot remember exactly, but I think it was with Tabber/Slider) deinstalled it. Also I wasn't that happy with the anchor being added to the URL after clicking on "return to top".

Decided to give it another try now and was determined to work on any issues - but, there weren't any!
So the new version worked right out of the box now - great!

CSS can be directly edited in the backend. Try border-radius and box-shadow!

Also, with Joomla 2.5 it is now even easier to replace the default text ("return to top"): Simply go to the language overrides in the Joomla backend and add a rule for "PLG_SYS_TOPOFTHEPAGE_GOTOTOP". In my case I used "↑" (arrow pointing up), which works in most languages ;-)

A must have

2012-02-20 - Vidur Bharany

Quick, Light, Easy to work and customise (CSS is accessible on the admin side itself.)... gets the job done in a very clean way. PHP isn't my strength and simply by reading the review before mine, I was able to put an "arrow" instead of the text. A must have.

excellent support

2012-03-02 - Michael Knapp

Hats off to Mike for going the extra mile and getting the extension working in a JA framework environment.

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I want it to work everywhere! Thanks for reporting the issue! Bug reports work - submit them!

Good plugin, good support

2012-03-16 - pierre

This plugin is just what I needed. You can customize it as you want.
The support is excellent. I had a problem with my template, the support help me to solve it.

Good job

Excellent plugin

2012-04-07 - Willy

I am very happy with this plugin.

It does what it should do, is very easy to install, configure and style.

I was using an outdated version and noticed a tiny bug. I contacted the author and received a reply within hours, together with the latest version, 1.12. The tiny bug was fixed in this version and it has even more configuration options.

A must have.

Simple and efficient

2012-04-08 - robocap

A well done plugin, very easy to install and use. The smooth scrolling effect is very pleasant, and the button appears at the wanted time, immediately active.
Anyway I didn't figure out how to substitute the button with an image (this, I suppose, because I'm not an expert of javascript)

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The curse of being a developer is that I understand everything I do, and just about everything everyone else does because I read their code... So, when I write an extension - It makes perfect sense to me. Several of my extensions have the capability for very advanced/complicated configurations. Top of the Page is one of them. I plan on writing some in-depth how-to articles about my extensions in the future. Email me and I'll be happy to give a step-by-step to achieve your goal.

Awesome plug in!

2012-04-23 - Bob Pettine

This plugin is great and is exactly what I needed. Very easy to install & configure. Very useful, thanks so much to the developer!!

Great Reviews

2012-05-24 - bruce

i liked it very much.. grt plugin.. but i have problem i am using joomla 2.5, after scrolling down when i click Return-to-top
it redirect to my home page like this www.example.com/#topofthepage
any solution..plz help

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If you are using joomsef, you need to turn the base tag setting off... it does not create a valid base tag.

Using Top of the Page

2012-06-01 - Aleksej Khoroshevskij

Using Top of the Page in Joomla 2.5 since version 1.7(February 2012).
Advantages: Support for Joomla 1.6, 1.7, 2.5. Ease of installation and ease of customization. Multilanguage support. Flexible styling button. Support as a button as text and images.
Disadvantages: Sometimes problems arise when using Progressive caching Joomla 2.5. In this case there are two buttons.
Very easy to use navigation element. On my site 33% clicks on the home page - this button.
Support - good.
I use this plugin on the blog site and site post-graduate .
Engaged in web technologies since March 2007. Use Joomla since December 2009.

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I've revised the plugin (version 1.14) to behave properly with Joomla cache. The plugin now handles invalid base tags correctly. Additionally, the JavaScript has been rewritten into a Mootools Class which is more compact and concise.

top notch

2012-07-20 - philippe v

I went through the waste of time of registering on this site just to review this plug in and the coder after 6 years of using joomla and extensions.

Just top notch working plug in and very quick support!
5 stars for sure

little tip so he's not bothered by the question anymore :)

the #topofthepage URL problem- That can be removed by turning smooth scroll on. If you're not interested in smooth scrolling, just set the transition time to 0.

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Version 2.0 removes the smoothscroll JS library (but does not remove smooth scrolling options) With that removed, the anchor is no longer present in the page, so there is no longer an anchor present in the URL, regardless of configuration.

Top of the Page simple and good

2012-08-08 - Luc Boumans

Nice and simple extension. Does what you expect and easy to install. Good support. Could use an easier way of customizing.

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Language, CSS, positioning, appearance criteria, scroll transition selection and URL appearance can be customized. Exactly what about this extension doesn't have enough customization for you?

Nicely Designed

2012-08-10 - Chris

Configuration is nicely designed - allows you to use inline styles from admin config or instead read from your own style sheet. The only addition by the developer I can see being useful to some people would be the ability to change the link text in the admin config instead of having to edit the plugin's files directly. Thanks.

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Like other multi-lingual extensions, it's a snap to use the language manager to override any language string used in this plugin. Thanks for the great review!

A VERY NICE ONE

2012-09-06 - tarekitsme

simple ,easy to install & make it work ,,,it can't get any easier than this ,,,thumbs up to the developer ,,i highly recommend you to get this & to check his other extensions

Very good extension!

2012-09-13 - Dang Thai Thanh

Very good extension. Simple to install and use.

Straight and to the point

2012-10-09 - Paul Fullilove

This is an excellent plug-in with no frills. Just the way I like it. I made one minor change to sbttFixedPermalink() and that was to add a z-index of 20 to make sure the arrow displayed on top of my right sidebar. Thanks.

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The latest version has an automatic z-index function!

Simple and effective

2012-10-13 - Daiden Sacha

Top marks for simplicity and effectiveness. It is easy to add, to style, and it works very smoothly. Really cool, thanks!!!

Great plugin

2012-10-18 - Danilo

Very useful extension. Easy to set up. In some templates you must set z-index with high value if link not work.

Thank you for this great non-commercial extension.

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Version 1.25 provides an automatic z-index option which should be useful for many users.

Superb plugin

2012-11-20 - Brad Hicks

Easy to use, works straight out of the box and it was easy to customise. Big thumbs up

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It's nice to see someone who isn't ashamed of a deformity. I salute you and your big thumbs. You are an inspiration to us all! Seriously though, thanks for the great review - I couldn't resist an opportunity for humor.

Yes, how hard can it be to do it right?

2012-12-01 - Kenneth Fribert

I've been around looking on a lot of plugins that claims to do this, this one just works, great job!

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I think that some extension devs take the easy way out and just adapt someone else's code into a plugin and release it. That wasn't my style. I wanted something that fit my needs, was easily configurable (so I could reuse it for my own clients), and was fast. Hard? A little, but it was time well spent.

Wicked awesome plugin

2013-01-04 - Ryan Drewniak

Worked flawlessly right off the start line. EXCEPTIONALLY simplistic customization options, with absolutely no excessive "pre-built plugin code" that you have to override with copious amounts of CSS. Essentially, if you know BASIC CSS (which you really should if you're doing ANYTHING in a web environment), you should have no problems customizing it 100% to fit your requirements

Also works flawlessly on mobile (the desired avenue for which I am using said plugin).

There's absolutely nothing that I'd change. Well done, my good man!

Just what I needed!

2013-01-20 - Mark Spryszak

Just learning Joomla and built my first site and one of the finishing touches was a clean return to top plugin. So glad I found this! I swapped in some images, tweaked the minor amount of code it comes with and it's set up exactly how I like it.

The only thing I can't figure out is why it won't appear on child pages. There doesn't appear to be any differences in settings between them and the parent pages.

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I would like to understand what you mean by "child pages". The link should appear on all pages generated by the Joomla site where the plugin is installed. An exception might be content opened within a modal window - depending on how it's opened.

Great plugin

2013-01-22 - Dorin N

This is a great plugin. However, I encountered a problem when using it with a responsive template from joomlashine. While scrolling down the page, and the "back to top" image was to the right side of the responsive content, the "back to top" link didn't work, even if it showed up properly. The solution was to change the "back to top" z-index value to a greater value than the one of the content. Thank you for this wonderful plugin.

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The latest versions of the plugin have an option for automatic z-Index. This was a common problem, so I wrote some JS that could overcome it.

Great Plugin

2013-01-28 - Jenny McWilliam

This is one great little plugin. Did exactly what my client wanted and was SO easy to install and configure. Thanks.

great plugin and great support

2013-03-21 - Ronald

Really great plugin, easy intstall, i only did't no how to select a image instead of text. The Developer Michael helpt me, great support!

Great plugin and helpful developer

2013-03-28 - Katrin Wertl

I am an absolute beginner in webdesign, I have only little experience in html code writing, css, my website is made with Artisteer *lol*, so...I am real beginner.
I found this little plugin, installed it, and it worked perfectly with that simple text link to get to the top of the page. But I wanted to have a cute button instead of the text link. As I am not familiar with css, I could not get it to work, so I wrote a short email to the developer and only a few minutes later I had my silly problem solved.

Great plugin and very helpful and patient developer!

Thank you.

Plugin works like it should!

2013-04-02 - Kraki

Super plugin and incredible support from the developer.

Very nice!!

2013-04-14 - John Wade

Does exactly what it's supposed to do PLUS you can customize it. Excellent plugin!! Thank you!!

Perfect extension, just what I wanted

2013-04-25 - Peter Hoogenboom

An excellent extension for my website with excellent support too. As I'am an absolute beginner I asked for help in customizing the top of the page button. The help came in secounds and all my questions where kindly answered. Thank you Michael for this extension and your support, You are very kind!

Top!!!

2013-06-14 - Etchot

This plugin shows a button as soon as you start scrolling down the page. This button allows you to go back to the top of the page. Easy to configure and use. Additionally, it has many settings to customize it. Top of the page must be on your website!!!

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The distance to scroll before the button appears is configurable. I'm glad you find it useful and thank you for the great review!

Great extension and full author support

2013-06-19 - Denis

Excellent extension. It's work's exactly like it should be. Also it has some helpful customization option. Finally author provide a great support for nooby users. Thank you!

Very cool!!

2013-07-20 - braxton

Does exactly what it says. Easily configurable. Dev replied very fast to my query. BRAVO!!!

Excellent little plugin

2013-09-22 - Jan

Wonderful plugin, lots of configurations possible and you can ad your own CSS to accommodate the plugin to the style of your template. Depending on the template structure, you may have to ad a z-index value to the CSS to make it work as expected. Thanks.

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Version 1.25 provides a facility for automatic z-index discovery! This should ease the pain of chasing down the z-index for elements on your pages.

just perfect!

2013-09-29 - moos

what is there to say?: Just perfect! check out the demo for advice on how to change css (e.g. where to import your personal image (and hover image)

Very good

2013-10-10 - eJuice Vaporz

I am new to all this web design and asked the developer for a little helped by email and got fast responds. He helped me sort out my problem and now I am very happy with my back to top button.

Terrific !

2013-12-24 - Louis Hoebrechts

Impossible to give something else than maximum. A must have on every Joomla! site.

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It IS not only possible, but you did it! You gave a great review! Thank you :)

Awesome, Easy-to-Use and Customize Plugin

2013-12-27 - Lilly

This is such a great little plug-in... super easy to use, customize, and implement. Thank you for putting out such a simplified, clean plugin!

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I built the plugin that I wanted to use, with the features I wanted to see. As I received feedback and suggestions (and feature requests) - it has evolved into one of my more popular extensions. Thank you for the great review!

Fast & Easy Install

2014-02-02 - Wallace Carney

I liked the presets, so it took me less than one minute to get exactly what I wanted. Thanks for this excellent plugin!!!

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Finally, someone likes the presets. I thought it would never happen, because the only style I have is CSS *rimshot. I'm glad to hear you had such an easy install/implementation. One of my goals for this extension is to make it easy and customizable - which isn't always easy to do. Check out version 2.0. There are a few new features - and it runs faster and cleaner on both the server and the browser.

This plugin work great ! (J3.2)

2014-04-04 - Franck Sinimalé

Hi,

This plugin free to download, is so easy to install, tu use, to customize and that works.

Donation will be done to thanks and to encourage to go on !

Really straightforward

2014-07-08 - Grant Hood

I was after a quick scroller-upper, saw this plug-in and had it working straight away. Tweaked the CSS in the plugin parameter and it couldn't have been easier.

Nice work - thanks :)
Donation on its way.

Perfect & Free :-)

2014-07-29 - Claude Dumont

Does what it should. Easy to config. Simply works and it's free. Thank you very very much!

Another great one from Richey Web Development

2015-04-26 - Tami Bartels

Functionality

Works right out of the starting gate. Unobtrusive while being obvious and doing exactly as needed.

Ease Of Use

Perfectly set up upon install and enabled.

Support

A 100 based on this is the second extension from Michael and I have not needed anything more than his site forum help. None needed for this.

Documentation

Never have any trouble based on developer site documentation. Thanks for all your work from a grateful newbie to joomla.

Great Little Extra

2016-08-20 - Dags

Functionality

Functionality is good.
Only have a slight issue for some reason doesn't work on Mobiles but does on Desktops.
Maybe something I've done.

Ease Of Use

Very easy to use.. no complaints there.

Support

Haven't needed it.

Documentation

Haven't used any

Easy to use "return to the top" plugin feature

2017-01-10 - Harold

Functionality

You can use words or Font Awesome icons in all of their sizes in any position you choose. Scrolls quickly back to the top.

Ease Of Use

Very easy to use and to mdify.

Support

Michael Richey's products are all well documented, minimizing the need for direct support.

Documentation

Great documentation.

I love this plugin!

2018-05-07 - Joyce van Heerden

Functionality

Does exactly what it's supposed to do on any platform. Very easy to customize.

Ease Of Use

Plug & play.

Support

Excellent, very fast and friendly.

Documentation

Good.