By zaffi on

an author created a blog post,
published it,
copied the URL from the address-box,
Shared it a link among viewers.

After a day or two she needed to change the post's title,
but the URL of the post changed as well !
So, all the links she shared over the web still pointed to the previous URL, which has no target anymore.

how do i prevent the URL from changing after publishing?

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chronnus’s picture

chronnus commented

Go to pathauto's settings page (admin/build/path/pathauto) and change its update action to either "Do nothing. Leave the old alias intact." or "reate a new alias. Leave the existing alias functioning." My guess is the 3rd update option is selected.

zaffi’s picture

zaffi commented

the 3rd option was set.

dave reid’s picture

dave reid
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Primary language English
Location Nebraska USA
commented

You could also probably install the Redirect module to support when URL aliases change so you can always use the most "current" aliases.