add broken links alert for thread

Justoverclock

i'm planning to add a broken link alert on posts, this can help to track broken links for SEO.

i can add this check into the "internal link dofollow" extension or standalone...what do you think

GreXXL

I think this is an interesting idea. However I am not a fan of the chosen way to display the broken link(s). In a discussion it could be multiple links that are broken. Also it should be easily visible to the user. What I'd do (don't know if it's possible though) is render the link non-clickable and add (broken link) inline.

How would checking every link in a discussion impact performance of loading it? When is a link broken?

Justoverclock

GreXXL well this can be an interesting idea, for performance i think that theres no impact, because flarum loads max 20 posts....but i'm not an expert in performance.

i'll try to implement your idea btw

luceos

Something like this should probably be delegated to a background task. For instance a cronjob that goes over all posts with links.

Justoverclock

luceos Laravel is something that I need to learn…maybe when I have some free time 😭

Justoverclock

btw something like this could be useful for someone

luceos

Completed by OP: https://extiverse.com/extension/justoverclock/broken-links-checker

Closing.