FirstChildRedirect as checkbox in page setttings

[fourroses666]

My idea is to add a function like [[FirstChildRedirect]] so the client can let a page redirect to the first child instead of adding an ID every time?

Checkbox on tab Page settings?

[mrhaw]

Why are you not doing it dynamically: [[id]] This should be discussed in the forums.

[Jako]

Would suggest Weblink and add some code to make [+firstchild+], [+parent+] etc. possible …

[Dmi3yy]

You can do checkbox for FirstChildRedirect not see problems

add TV (name: firstchild):
-type checkbox
-FirstChildRedirect==[!FirstChildRedirect!]

add in Template
[firstchild]

use ManagerManager for move this TV in Setting Tab

enjoy )

[fourroses666]

Ok Dmi3yy, thats a possibility indeed, thanks!
If you ask me I would love to see it being a default setting 👍

But I can't get it to work,
Input Option Values: FirstChildRedirect==[!FirstChildRedirect!] ?

(to move the tv with MM this works)
mm_moveFieldsToTab('firstchild', 'settings');

BTW, missing translation: use current alias in alias path

[Dmi3yy]

BTW, missing translation: use current alias in alias path

you can help with translate
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/modx-evolution/

[Jako]

The string was marked as translated on transifex.

[Jako]

The checkbox is superfluous in most situations and could be achieved with ManagerManager.

Maybe the Weblink input should be extended somehow.

[fourroses666]

yea maybe like adding to the dropdown with webpage and weblink the 3rd option: "Weblink with First redirect" ?

[Segr]

Something obscenities... why redirect only to the first child?
May be:
Redirect: select form - none / first child / last child / random child / on child (redirect if child count==1) / parent
And in configuration can edit default value for this param.

[fourroses666]

Yup! Redirect to first I use allot but having other choises would be even better

[Dmi3yy]

ok do this in 1.1 or 1.0.14

[Segr]

And do not forget change "seo strict URLs" to use this setting

[bossloper]

Also remember FirstChildRedirect defaults to a 301 redirect (Moved Permanently) that may be cached by your browser.

[fourroses666]

🔥 👷 🔥

any plans to do this for 1.0.16?
I like this idea allot but can't use it :(

[fourroses666]

🚒

[fourroses666]

I'm having troubels with caching. The wayfinder navigation keeps linking to the wrong / old Id.
Maybe there is a possibility to add redirect 301 to .htaccess?

I have a add on to clear cache and its ok again then but my clients don't. Maybe the way FirstChildRedirect uses can be improved/changed?

When using Link attributes it does work good but thats not automaticly changed when an resource is unpublished or new resource is added.

[bossloper]

Quite a while back FirstChildRedirect was updated. The default was changed from a 302 (temporary) redirect to a 301 (permanent) redirect. You will need to add a parameter &responseCode=302 to your FirstChildRedirect calls to prevent the browser caching the redirect. Personally, for a CMS it is quite common to have changing content and site structure and so would make more sense to revert FirstChildRedirect to having a default of a 302 redirect.

[pmfx]

I agree with bossloper. Default 301 response can lead to unnecessary headache in most scenerios.

[fourroses666]

Not sure SEO wise the 302 is good but it could be a solution to add the parameter. I would like to see this option(s) to the settings Tab. I like the idea of Segr.

[bossloper]

RE:302 - The parameter already exists as part of the snippet.
True it is not ideal for SEO, but that is a call you have to make based on how a particular site is managed. If you have a site where you are not the only manager and there are other managers occasionally renaming pages you have to decide between 'better SEO' and 'page not found'. From a usability perspective I cannot have site visitors clicking page links and ending up at a page not found. But if page rename is a rare occurrence for your site you might be ok with that risk.

[fourroses666]

Magento does great with automaticly add a rewrite to the new URL.

[Dmi3yy]

FirstChildRedirect has setting for set Order and ansver(301,302) i think do this by chekbox in doc not right way. For sample you can use weblink ) or any another way )