Validate Links - imrpove deleting from list

[hvorragend]

When I let validate all links I get a list where I can edit or delete links.

If I klick on the delete Icon I am redirected to the Edit Links page and the List of all links is gone. So I have to go back manually (browser back) and hope that the list is still there and works.

In large lists this is very time consuming. The check for defect links works ( and I can klick the link to see if it really is defect)

It would be better to have a "Remove all defect links" Button, or checkboxes to tell which links really todelete - with one click.
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comment:1 Changed 14 months ago by marc@…

Version changed from 2.0 to 2.5
Type changed from defect to enhancement
Milestone set to Milestone: 2.5

I have also found this to be a problem. One of my site has over 2000 links. The "Validate" option is an awesome option. These fixes would make it even more efficient. -- Marc
comment:2 Changed 11 months ago by Petzi-Juist

Owner set to Petzi-Juist
Status changed from new to accepted
Version changed from 3.0.0 to 2.0
Milestone changed from Milestone: 3.0.0 to Milestone: 2.1.0

comment:3 Changed 11 months ago by marc@…

I use the "Validate" button on my magazine site: http://www.EarlyMusicNews.org and it is true that it takes quite a bit of time to check the links. This is my favourite part of the Weblinks. It is very powerful and sites making big use of web links collections would love this if it were tweaked just a bit.

Let me know when you need to have it tested and I will give it a run on the music site (after a backup of course).

Marc

[craigh]

improved admin management of links should be a priority. See the News module or PostCalendar module for best-practice example.

[craigh]

@marcpare4 this is your original ticket I presume?

[marcpare4]

No, but have the same problems as you can see from my responses.

When I validate links on my large weblinks site [http://www.earlymusicnews.org/index.php?module=Weblinks], some categories take quite a bit of time to validate. Even more time, when I delete an item, the "validate links" process forces me to go through the validation process again to get the refreshed list without the deleted item.

It would be best if the validation process would be able to do the following:

• show the report of dead links
• have check-mark boxes next to each reported dead link that admin can check-mark
• have admin buttons at the top of reported list of dead links with the following choices:
  ** "Choose All" [this would check-mark all reported dead links]
  ** "Clear" [this would remove all check-marked items]
  ** "Delete All Marked" [this would delete the check-marked items that admin picked]
• have a link on each dead link item that admin can choose to verify the dead link
  [note: the link would open a new tab/window]

Finally, but not really necessary, it would be nice if, once done deleting the check-marked items, that, the report would come back with only the "un-check-marked" items so that admin could perhaps do another verification in another window/tab without going through the validation process again. But this may be asking too much of memory juggling? It would be a bonus if it could do this.

Let me know if you need more information. Thanks again for looking at this.

Cheers,

Marc

[craigh]

I did add a validation check in the list. The overhaul of the admin interface will wait until v3.1.0

[marcpare4]

Thanks. I am looking forward to trying all of these updates! These are really all appreciated.