contao/test — Issue #1612: News alias don't set when hidden
Author: importer
Created: 2011-11-29 08:15:17+00:00
State: open
Labels: backend, Defect, Invalid

For my clients I always make them non-admins. I.e. I create a user group called editors and set the permissions according to what they are allowed to do.

To make it really simple for them I hide all options that they are not gonna need, i.e. CSS-class, Expert settings etc. I also use to hide the "News alias" field.

The problem with this approach is that the News alias is not set automatically. In backend the field is blank, and in frontend the ID number is used.

The URL turns into this:
www.mysite.com/news/items/26.html

A proper alias name would be preferred instead, at least for the case of SEO.

This problem exists also for Event alias, Article alias and Page alias if the field is hidden for the user.

Don't know if this is a bug, or way things just works. But it would be nice if the alias would be set automatically, even if the alias field is hidden for the user.

--- _Originally created by lonka on February 24th, 2010, at 10:30am (ID 1612)_