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Articles permalink not working correctly

rnd — Oct 24, 2017, 07:50 PM

Am trying to fix a problem with the permalink on an article post. It auto-generates an Alias from the title, so

This is a Title

becomes

this-is-a-title

. It although ignores the

Container Alias

setting which is

abc-blog

.
The final URL it generates is thus

https://my.site/this-is-a-title

which points nowhere generating a 404.
Am I missing a setting somewhere to generate a valid permalink URL?
Thanks!

Re: Articles permalink not working correctly

BobRay — Oct 25, 2017, 10:50 PM

No I don't Articles in the main Manager menu.

Re: Articles permalink not working correctly

rnd — Oct 25, 2017, 12:16 PM

Had seen that setting, but did an edit to just use %alias/ and created a new article. In view the alias link works. Now, when I change the setting back to %Y/%m/%d/%alias/ the alias link also works..
In editing the article after a first save, the Alias field is populated, but when I hover over the field, it shows it is 'undefined'.. likely a front end issue.

A side note: do you have the articles in the main Manage menu? I don't have that.

Re: Articles permalink not working correctly

BobRay — Oct 25, 2017, 03:03 AM

Articles has its own (very difficult to find) setting for what the links will look like.

Manage Articles -> Advanced Settings tab -> General -> Articles URL Format (at the bottom).

Re: Articles permalink not working correctly

rnd — Oct 24, 2017, 09:48 PM

Yes, one of those gotchas. After publishing the link is still incorrect. Also the FURL settings work fine on the rest of the site. Any other ideas?

Re: Articles permalink not working correctly

BobRay — Oct 24, 2017, 09:14 PM

Is the article published (and saved after being published)? I've been burned by incorrect permalinks before an article is published.