[TYPO3-core] RFC: Shortcut Field type change

[Kasper Skårhøj]

Introducing an overlap will some day raise the question "Why can you link to 
files with both shortcut and external URL. Isn't External URL obsolete? This 
is more complex, please remove the option". That is of course true, but who 
realizes that it requires more than an changed field in the database but 
someone has to develop a little tool which scans the whole page table for 
"External URL" page types and converts them properly?

I think we should keep both page types until we make a greater change anyway 
(like planned for 5.0)

- kasper


On Friday 04 November 2005 16:46, Bernhard Kraft wrote:
> Martin Kutschker wrote:
> > I tried to see to advantage of making "external URL" go away but failed.
> > I like those icons and don't see the point.
> >
> > The only advantage of your patch is that you can link to content
> > elements. But couldn't it be done by allowing tt_content records as well
> > as page records in the "Shortcut to page:" field?
> >
> > I don't get it why knowadays everbody seems to want to remove this page
> > type or that ;-)
>
> This is what my kb_bettershortcut extension did.
>
> But the request I got was to extend it in such a way that it can link also
> to files (which is not possible with the current state - altough email
> links work if you know they are named "External URL" pages). And also it is
> not possible to create pop-ups of different sizes for one menu ... which
> this extension support.
>
> Please notice that I did not REQUEST to remove "External URL" but just
> mentioned that it would be POSSIBLE because then again something (linking
> to external URLS) can be accomplished by two ways (both with: Short Cut OR
> ExtURL pagetype)
>
> If it will not be accepted to have this in the core I will have to update
> the extension.
>
>
> greets,
> Bernhard

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- kasper

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