[#18180] - Menu item alias
- Closed
- 4 Oct 2017
- Very low
- Build: 3.8
- # 18180
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
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
| Status | New | ⇒ | Discussion |
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.
| Status | Expected Behaviour | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_By | franz-wohlkoenig | ⇒ | joomla-cms-bot |
| Status | Discussion | ⇒ | Expected Behaviour |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2017-10-04 12:18:16 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | franz-wohlkoenig |
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closed as expected Behaviour.
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@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?