Internal links - how to automate

astick360 · 2023-06-05 11:32:17

I have two types of links on a page: internal and external. I want them added by option > Content > Links.
The use of categories is possible but not necessary.

I want to insert links using a tag, e.g. <txp:link name=“link nternal 1”/>
Can the txp:link tag only use form: plainlinks, can you point to any one?
Because any: <txp:link form=“links_internal” name=“link nternal 1”/>, doesn’t work.
The second thing is that I would prefer to insert as little as possible and have everything written in forms.

For internal links, I would like to enter only: <txp:link name=“link internal 1”/> and that forms would recognize it best by address, if not by category, whether it’s an internal or external link.

For an internal link, I would like the form to add: rel=“dofollow” and title=“data from the Description field in menu > Content > Links”

How can this be done, whether under the conditions in the form after the address or category, or when entering a link to the article by indicating a different form?

phiw13 · 2023-06-06 05:09:32

I would use some shortcode for this

Create a form name internal link, named e.g. link_internal, with as contents:

<txp:linklist id='<txp:yield name="id" />'><a class="" href="<txp:link_url />" title="<txp:link_description escape="html" />"><txp:link_name /></a></txp:linklist>

In your article, you then insert the link, where the id attribute is the ID of your link as found on the links panel :

<txp::link_internal id="xx" />

You can create a similar form for your external links, adding rel="external" and target="_blank"

Bloke · 2023-06-06 06:32:10

Further to phiw13’s excellent suggestion, you can also expand the scope to use a single shortcode like this:

<txp:linklist id='<txp:yield name="id" />'>
   <a href="<txp:link_url />"<if::yield name="ext"> title="<link::description escape="html" />" rel="dofollow"</if::yield>><link::name /></a>
</txp:linklist>

That means you can specify <txp::link id="59" ext /> to render an external link, or omit the ext to render an internal link.

But you can go a step further and have the shortcode do that automatically based on URL:

<txp:linklist id='<txp:yield name="id" />'>
   <txp:variable name="mylink"><link::url /></txp:variable>
   <txp:variable name="is_ext" trim>
   <if::variable name="mylink" match="pattern" value="https://example.com/.*">NO<txp:else />YES</if::variable>
</txp:variable>
   <a href="<link::url />"<if::variable name="is_ext" value="YES"> title="<link::description escape="html" />" rel="dofollow"</if::variable>><link::name /></a>
</txp:linklist>

If your link begins with https://example.com then it renders it as an internal link, otherwise it’ll add the title and rel.

astick360 wrote #335473:

I want to insert links using a tag, e.g. <txp:link name=“link nternal 1”/>

Sadly, the current links implementation is… inconsistent.

If you use the <txp:link /> tag then you can specify a name or id, but it outputs a hard-coded anchor tag.
If you specify <txp:linklist> then you can only use an id, but you can customise its container contents (e.g. as above in the shortcode) or via the form attribute.
The <txp:linkdesctitle /> tag outputs the description as title with optional rel and hard-codes its output.

It’s a bit of a mess, sorry. Needs an overhaul, ideally.

astick360 · 2023-06-06 07:03:51

Thanks for the info, both solve the problem and that’s cool. Thanks again.

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#1 2023-06-05 11:32:17

Internal links - how to automate

#2 2023-06-06 05:09:32

Re: Internal links - how to automate

#3 2023-06-06 06:32:10

Re: Internal links - how to automate

astick360 wrote #335473:

#4 2023-06-06 07:03:51

Re: Internal links - how to automate

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