Irregular slug/permalink behavior

  • Resolved soaringthor

    (@soaringthor)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    Just upgraded from WP 3.6 to 3.8 and RSVPMaker 2.6 (ouch) to 3.0.1.

    I am having some trouble changing the slug/permalink for RSVP Events. When inside the event editor, when I change the permalink and press OK, then press the Update button, the permalink changes back to the huge slug (example analyst-of-the-year-celebration-value-of-hdi-2014-1-21/). If I go back to the list of events (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=rsvpmaker), Quick Edit the event and change the slug, it changes the permalink OK but somehow unchecks “Collect RSVPs”. So I have to go back into the event, check the box, hit Update, and it changes the permalink back to the huge one.

    Any thoughts?

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/rsvpmaker/

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  • Thread Starter soaringthor

    (@soaringthor)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Update: I found the Tweak Permalinks option in the RSVPMaker settings, and that did not resolve the issue.
    The permalink format is set to /site/rsvpmaker/my-event.

    Plugin Author davidfcarr

    (@davidfcarr)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    In one of the recent releases, I added a filter function that adds the date in Y-m-d format to the end of the slug. If you manually change the slug to edit that out, the program adds it back in as part of a slug based on the title text. You should be able to change the slug to something like ‘custom-2014-1-8’ and have the change stick.

    I may rethink how this works based on your feedback or provide some way of turning it off. Adding the date to the slug is desirable behavior for a couple of sites I manage where there are multiple events with the same headline but different dates. Default wordpress behavior is to add a number to the end of the slug to make sure that it is distinct. For events, I thought adding the date to the end was a more meaningful alternative.

    Thread Starter soaringthor

    (@soaringthor)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    I would see a couple of options if you were to change this behavior:

    • Add an advanced option under Tweak Permalinks named “Custom Permalinks” or something like that, for users that prefer fully custom links/slugs without having the date tacked to the end
    • Change the behavior so that the date is only appended to the slug if the event has the same title as a past event

    I would personally love to be able to set custom slugs, if it is possible to add that functionality back in.

    Let me know your thoughts so I can mark this thread as resolved! As always, thanks for your speedy response and your awesome plugin!

    Plugin Author davidfcarr

    (@davidfcarr)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    The latest version adds the date by default but will allow you to set a custom slug that does not include that (as long as it is unique).

    Thread Starter soaringthor

    (@soaringthor)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Thank you!

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