Hello,

I got an issue (or feature request?) with this module's functionality. First of all: your module is great!

However, I have this situation: I've activated pathauto for most content types.

When I now uncheck the "automatic alias" option on an existing node, and I see that the URL alias matches the Drupal node title, it's unable to make it non-automatic (even if I un-check, save, and then edit, I see that it's checked again).

This causes problems when you have in-node links, going to "paths". When I later on change the title of the destination node, the URL alias is not available anymore.

Do you understand my situation? What am I doing wrong?

I found also these nodes on Drupal.org, people with the same issue.

http://drupal.org/node/352641
http://drupal.org/node/180440
http://drupal.org/node/369840

Thanks a lot!

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tsvenson’s picture

tsvenson commented
Category: feature » support
Status: Active » Fixed

This is a known issue. The Pathauto Persist module fixes this. Work is in progress to merge its functionality into the main Pathauto module.

This causes problems when you have in-node links, going to "paths". When I later on change the title of the destination node, the URL alias is not available anymore.

This is because Pathauto, by default, automatically deletes the old alias when it creates a new. You can change this in the Update action setting on admin/config/search/path/settings from "Create a new alias. Delete the old alias." to "Create a new alias. Leave the existing alias functioning". Then it will keep the old alias and automatically redirect to the new.

maverick14’s picture

maverick14 commented

Thanks-a-lot Tsvenson. I'm gonna give it a try!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.