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Modify existing permalink?

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  • Started 2 months ago by elanaspantry
  • Latest reply from sambauers
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  1. 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'

    Posted 2 months ago #
  2. 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.

    Posted 2 months ago #
  3. thx chrishajer,

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

    Posted 1 month ago #
  4. 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.

    Posted 1 month ago #
  5. @chrishajer

    They are called permalinks for a reason :)

    Posted 1 month ago #
  6. @sambauers - but we're used to WordPress where they're pretty easy to change in the admin. :D

    Posted 1 month ago #
  7. 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.

    Posted 1 month ago #

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