- Compatible XF versions
- 2.2
This is a sub-add-on for Article Management System ("AMS") by @Bob. Without that add-on it won't do anything (and cannot be installed). It was tested with AMS version 2.2.31, so this is the minimum requirement (tough it may work with older versions as well, but you would have to edit the addon.json file).
The Problem with keeping article links up-to-date
You might have a big base of AMS articles and do a lot of cross-linking between articles. So, every time an article's title changes, links to that article get outdated (i.e. they still work, but with a 301 redirect). For best SEO results, you should update them. This can be a lot of work, when you you have to find and change dozens of links for each title change.
The solution: What "AMS Links Auto-Updater" does
This is a sub-add-on for AMS (it won't work without AMS). If you go to Admin CP -> AMS - Articles -> Find outdated article links (or directly to admin.php?nocte-ams-outdated-links/), you will find a list with all articles, that have outdated links. If you click on an article in the list, you will see a diff, that shows what changes would be made. You can then click on "Update outdated article links" to apply those changes to that article.
There is also a rebuild job, that updates all article at once. You find this also on Admin CP -> Tools -> Rebuild caches. It's called "AMS: Rebuild outdated article links".
For better traceability of changes, this add-on logs all changes to the article's change log ("History").
Screenshots
1. One article with title "TEST article" has outdated links:
The Problem with keeping article links up-to-date
You might have a big base of AMS articles and do a lot of cross-linking between articles. So, every time an article's title changes, links to that article get outdated (i.e. they still work, but with a 301 redirect). For best SEO results, you should update them. This can be a lot of work, when you you have to find and change dozens of links for each title change.
The solution: What "AMS Links Auto-Updater" does
This is a sub-add-on for AMS (it won't work without AMS). If you go to Admin CP -> AMS - Articles -> Find outdated article links (or directly to admin.php?nocte-ams-outdated-links/), you will find a list with all articles, that have outdated links. If you click on an article in the list, you will see a diff, that shows what changes would be made. You can then click on "Update outdated article links" to apply those changes to that article.
There is also a rebuild job, that updates all article at once. You find this also on Admin CP -> Tools -> Rebuild caches. It's called "AMS: Rebuild outdated article links".
For better traceability of changes, this add-on logs all changes to the article's change log ("History").
Screenshots
1. One article with title "TEST article" has outdated links: