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• Started 3 years ago by elanaspantry
• Latest reply from Sam Bauers
• This topic is resolved

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• permalink
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Modify existing permalink?

1. • 
   • elanaspantry
   • Member

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there a way to modify an existing permalink?

   I want to change 'http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/substitute-for-alond-flour'

   to

   'http://www.elanaspantry.com/forums/topic/substitute-for-almond-flour'
2. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   I don't think you can do it through the bbPress interface at all ( I could be wrong about that, but I've never seen it. ) You would have to modify it directly in the database. Using a tool like phpMyAdmin find the topic in the bb_topics table, and modify the topic_slug. Make sure the slug you select does not already exist - the slugs need to be unique.
3. • 
   • elanaspantry
   • Member

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   thx chrishajer,

   i thought so... just wanted to exhaust any other means before editing the db directly.
4. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   I thought maybe giving the thread a new topic would result in an updated slug, but it does not (slug does not change). I don't see an option to change it anywhere, other than just modifying the bb_topic table directly.
5. • 
   • Sam Bauers
   • Key Master

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   @chrishajer

   They are called permalinks for a reason :)
6. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   @sambauers - but we're used to WordPress where they're pretty easy to change in the admin. :D
7. • 
   • Sam Bauers
   • Key Master

   • Posted 3 years ago #

   WordPress actually keeps a reference to the old URL and sets up a redirect automatically I believe. So there it stays permanent. We don't do that yet.

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