Can we change the link of a discussion ?

xasharma

Hii Flarum team and members, I have a simple question let me understand you by example.

For example, this is a post - https://discuss.flarum.org/d/34045-cu9-extension-manager-friends-of-flarum-and-more and we can also open it by just using this link - https://discuss.flarum.org/d/34045. My question is can we change the 34045 in the link with any other number ... i want to change the 34045 with something else.

I have a post with 100s of replies to it and I don't want to delete that but someone copyrighted that page and I don't want to delete that, so can I change the link or transfer the post with all total replies to any other post?

luceos

xasharma out of curiosity how did they trademark that page?

Ralkage

xasharma The ID in the URL corresponds to the discussion's ID in the database. Attempting to modify this ID will trigger a foreign key constraint due to its reference in other tables such as discussion_user and posts. While it is possible to temporarily disable foreign key constraints to make this change, it would be ill-advised. Other extensions might have similar references, and forgetting to change the IDs of associated records could lead to complications, such as your forum experiencing gastrointestinal issues for a bit 🙂

Instead of pursuing this approach, you could consider transferring or splitting posts into a new discussion. For this purpose, you might find FoF Split useful. Alternatively, if you wish to merge discussions, FoF Merge offers a solution worth exploring as well.

luceos I'm just as curious as you are 👀

xasharma

Ralkage I'm just as curious as you are 👀

I got many copyright complaints on articles and tech news. But they all are fake so I fill a form to review my content to ensure it complies with the copyright policy. And I have to fill out a counter DMCA counter-notification form. And this process takes time, so I thought of changing the discussion number and just changing the link.