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"Do Nothing" Should Still create aliases for unaliased items

Project:Pathauto
Version:7.x-1.x-dev
Component:User interface
Category:bug report
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed (duplicate)
Issue tags:bulk

Issue Summary

If you set the update action to "Do Nothing", it appears that bulk updates dont actually do anything.

Maybe its worth displaying some kind of message saying that "x" aliases were skipped due to a setting?

I only ask because I just spent half an hour trying to debug the module expecting a bug - turned out I'd just configured it wrong. :)

Cheers for a great module :)

Comments

#1

Title:Bulk Update + "Do Nothing" update action = 0 aliases made» Bulk Update + "Do Nothing" + Verbose -> give a message

As long as they have Verbose on this idea seems reasonable to me.

#2

Version:5.x-2.x-dev» 7.x-1.x-dev

Bumping version - given that we're in a string freeze for 5.x-2.x and 6.x-1.x and given that this is a feature it should just be in 6.x-2.x-dev.

#3

Title:Bulk Update + "Do Nothing" + Verbose -> give a message» Bulk Update + "Do Nothing" Should Still create aliases for unaliased items
Category:feature request» bug report
Priority:minor» normal

The other question is that apparently "Do nothing" used to actually mean "Do nothing unless it has no alias and in that case do something"

So...I guess we should bring that back since a lot of people liked it.

#4

The thread indicates that it's never been reverted to "Do nothing unless it has no alias and in that case do something". Is this correct?

I agree that this change or a message would be beneficial.

#5

I agree with #3 that it should be changed back to mean "...unless it has no alias and in that case do something".

Subscribing.

#6

I agree this button should either do something, or there should be a fifth option added that DOES do something.

This is especially counter-intuitive when the checkbox for bulk updates reads "Generate aliases for all existing terms which do not already have aliases.", making it seem like marking the checkbox will cause some action to occur.

#7

I agree that it should alias items that are do not get have an alias. I just spent a good chunk of time debugging why it was generating 0 aliases when they clearly did not exist.

And this was on the 5.x version for me.

-Ed

#8

Tagging all the bulk alias issues for #713238: RFC: Pathauto Bulk module.

#9

Title:Bulk Update + "Do Nothing" Should Still create aliases for unaliased items» "Do Nothing" Should Still create aliases for unaliased items

Marked the following issues as duplicates of this issue:
#478718: Update action "do nothing" should do more...
#338702: update action should *always* happen if 'automatic alias' checkbox is checked.
#342626: Update Action Logic
#580596: Taxonomy bulk update is not working when update action is set to 'do nothing'
#267455: Force recreation of alias

#10

Not sure what the status is on updating what for which version, but for those interested here's a patch for 1.3 that fixes the issue for me.

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sites-all-modules-pathauto-pathauto.inc-1.3.patch959 bytesIgnored: Check issue status.NoneNone

#11

nobody click here