[TYPO3-v4] Linkvalidator UI

[Patrick Gaumond]

Hi everyone,

Since HCI list seems dead, I prefer to get the discussion here.

Linkvalidator (LV) UI
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1. LV has 2 so-called mode
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- Just-in-time (JIT) check
- Scheduler task check

Why: Big sites with thousands of pages would take way more than 60 
seconds to parse external links so the old just-in-time (from 
cag_linkchecker) was not sufficient.

2. Select type of links: 3 checkboxes
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LV has in its BE interface a section where you can decide to just select 
"internal links", "file links" and "External links".

Why: Be cause someone could want to do a JIT but since we know that 
"External links" checks are way slower, one could decide to just do a 
fast check by not selecting such option. Another scenario would be to do 
all 3, one by one. That's the idea behind the checkboxes.

3. Two buttons "Refresh display" + "Check links
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There's a TS option so "Check links" (Just-in-time) can be set to hide.

Remember the 2 modes? Scheduler and JIT. Both add invalid links to the 
same DB tables so in *a way* there's only one report.

Why hiding: Big sites again, Admin may wish to remove the JIT function 
for editors.

Why a refresh button: We need the "Refresh" button because the depth 
isn't executed on change.

DISCUSSION
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Considering the time left before 4.5 final (6 days)...

Maybe we should visually separate the JIT check and the Report.

On top of the page (in a perfect world make the section collapsible):

Section "Check links"
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1. Type of links to test (Checkboxes: Internal, External, Files, custom 
if any) No more statics in this section.
2. Depth Level (This page, 1 level, 2, 3, infinite)
3. Button "Check links now"

Then the report

Section "Listing of broken links"
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1. "Statistics by type of links" (Internal, External, Files, custom if any)
2. "Show those type of links" (Checkboxes: Internal, External, Files, 
custom if any)
3. Depth level(This page, 1 level, 2, 3, infinite)
4. Button "Refresh report"

The main idea, even if we need to repeat some fields, is to offer a 
clear separation between those 2 functions.

Comments ?

Patrick Gaumond