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avatar ch2856
ch2856
1 Oct 2017

Steps to reproduce the issue

No an issue, but would help for beginners.
When you create an stsyem links - menu item alias, the users usually use the same title. If he save, it will tell the user that The alias XXX is already being used by...

I will be much smarter if there will be a default add to the alias name in this situation so if the user cick save, the alias will automatically be title-alias.

Expected result

Actual result

System information (as much as possible)

Additional comments

avatar ch2856 ch2856 - open - 1 Oct 2017
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - labeled - 1 Oct 2017
avatar tonypartridge
tonypartridge - comment - 2 Oct 2017

@brianteeman you will know the history why this was changed. I am thinking of putting a pull in to add a random generated number to the end of the alias and allow the saving. Users can update if they wish, thoughts?

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 2 Oct 2017

It was changed from a date value to a regular alias so that you can have a menu item with a system link in its path such as home/system/page whereas before it would be home/737103/page

However you should only get the error message if you are creating the alias at exactly the same level in the same menu. I cant see why anyone would ever do that

avatar franz-wohlkoenig franz-wohlkoenig - change - 3 Oct 2017
Status New Discussion
avatar tonypartridge
tonypartridge - comment - 3 Oct 2017

Having re thought about it and thought about Brian’s comment, the current situation is right.

If we allow setting some random generated alias then we allow users to build a poor menu structure, we don’t want that, it has a negative effect on the CMS’s view in certain communities in relation to SEO.

avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - change - 4 Oct 2017
Status Expected Behaviour Closed
Closed_By franz-wohlkoenig joomla-cms-bot
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - close - 4 Oct 2017
avatar franz-wohlkoenig franz-wohlkoenig - change - 4 Oct 2017
Status Discussion Expected Behaviour
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2017-10-04 12:18:16
Closed_By franz-wohlkoenig
avatar joomla-cms-bot
joomla-cms-bot - comment - 4 Oct 2017
avatar franz-wohlkoenig
franz-wohlkoenig - comment - 4 Oct 2017

closed as expected Behaviour.


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