Question Re: Permalink issue in Questions about SAP Websites

Permalink issue

Former Member — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:12:19 GMT

Hi -

I was wondering how the permalink feature works for draft blogs? Although it is called "permalink" this link changes from when you start writing the blog to when it is published. Also, when you manually edit this link to re-write the URL it doesnt save a reverts to the original auto generated permalink when the blog is published.

It would be really helpful to have a permanent link that does not change for the draft version of the blog so it can be cross referenced before the blog is live.

Thanks,

Aleks

Re: Permalink issue

jerryjanda — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:33:37 GMT

Hi, Aleks:

I don't have any experience using the permalink feature myself, so I'll need to investigate or find a colleague who might be more knowledgeable. For now, I wanted to acknowledge your question and let you know we're looking into it.

Best regards,

--Jerry

Re: Permalink issue

Former Member — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:26:26 GMT

Thanks Jerry and Florian, appreciate you looking into this!

Best regards,

Aleks

Re: Permalink issue

jerryjanda — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:22:28 GMT

A quick update: My colleague (and our resident blog expert) has reached out to our developer and is conducting her own research to see if this is because of some issues with Wordpress functionality or something else. Due to the holidays, it may take days to get more info. But I didn't want anyone to feel ignored!

Best regards,

--Jerry

Re: Permalink issue

JasonLax — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:47:50 GMT

Seems the permalink isn't so permanent.

Posts on blogs.sap.com have a second URL called a shortlink based on a unique ID number and it doesn't ever change. For example, https://blogs.sap.com/?p=472666.

You might see a URL like this when you save your post in draft mode. After that it appears behind the "Preview" link:

After the post is published, the easiest way to find this shortlink is embedded on the page's code I'm afraid.

Re: Permalink issue

ErvinSzolke — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:13:07 GMT

Hello Jason,

Do you think it is possible to find a more user-friendly way ?

Looking for the short permalink in the page source is like looking for a needle in the haystack. 🙂

Thanks a lot for your time and Best Regards,

Ervin

Re: Permalink issue

JasonLax — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 05:55:23 GMT

Yes, I believe there's some room for improvement here now that I've had a chance to look at it.

I've mentioned this to our community team colleagues and there's a discussion in the moderator space on the same.

Re: Permalink issue

ErvinSzolke — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 06:03:09 GMT

Thanks, Jason !!

Re: Permalink issue

Former Member — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:38:29 GMT

Thanks for following up on this!

Re: Permalink issue

Former Member — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:33:58 GMT

can you make the permalink feature work? It still isn't really permanent (gone after save draft)