Remap Manager maintenance - advice?

(Amurray) #1

Hi,

 

In maintenance of the remap manager, I've come across a few queries, and seeking others advice/process! Firstly Nic's "uncheck Never delete, and tick delete at same time" bookmarklet is a godsend for cleanups, so thank you. http://forums.squizsuite.net/index.php?showtopic=7434

 

1. Are "http://?a=XXXX" urls valid in some way?
Quite a few manual remaps whose origin url is formatted like this:

 

http://?a=1234

http://?a=4321etc

 

Which the browser will never complete to the working destination urls, citing "The address isn't valid", which is fair.

What are their origins/How are they generated? Can they be avoided?

And more importantly: And are these safe to delete?

 

 

2. Can you search/filter or at least sort by remap type without exporting to a spreadsheet?

i.e. manual/automatic/unknown?

 

Thanks in advance!

(Bart Banda) #2

Hi,

1. I've never seen that in the remap manager before, perhaps someone thought they could add ./?a= as a manual remap when editing the webpaths screen? I'd say they are safe to delete. 

2. You can filter the list by original URL or remapped URL, its there on the remap manager details screen.

Cheers

(autjoe) #3

Hi,

 

Our remap manager is out of control, around 50000 remap entries in the system.

Just wondering if there is any risk when it keeps growing.

Thanks!

(Bart Banda) #4

Hi,

 

Our remap manager is out of control, around 50000 remap entries in the system.

Just wondering if there is any risk when it keeps growing.

Thanks!

 

It will probably slow things down, although marginally over time. It is recommended to delete as many remaps as you can to have this number as low as possible. 

(autjoe) #5

Thanks Bart,

Another question,

We use /_edit?limbo_assetid=%asset_assetid% to generate the edit link for files and images (have a __data URL), would it be safe to use for other asset types as well?

(Bart Banda) #6

Thanks Bart,

Another question,

We use /_edit?limbo_assetid=%asset_assetid% to generate the edit link for files and images (have a __data URL), would it be safe to use for other asset types as well?

 

If you are just talking about using that format for showing editing interfaces, then yes, it actually works with any asset type, useful for when you want to edit assets that don't have a URL at all.