StaticURL: Shortlinks

1 Initial Problem

Permanent links allow communicating links to specific ILIAS objects. However, permanent links are cryptic and cannot be remembered.

2 Conceptual Summary

In order to be able to generate simple and understandable cutom links, the entry Shortlink should be added in the Administration » Layout and Navigation.

The shortlink feature registers a DeepLinkHandler like other components, its namespace would then be "shortlink" for example. In the administration, new shortlinks can be created as suggested, these could point to magazine objects, for example, the new UI Component "Tree(Multi)Select" could be used for this. Shortlinks in the form of the following would then be possible:

The .htaccess could be used to simplify the shortlink even further or make it more explicit:

RewriteRule ^shortlink/(.*)$ goto.php/shortlink/$1 [L].

This would make the shortest possible URL:

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

3.2 User Interface Details

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

The feature is implemented with existing UI components and does not introduce any new UI concepts.

3.4 Accessibility Implications

The use of existing UI components does not introduce any new implications for accessibility.

4 Additional Information

4.1 Involved Authorities

If this request is related to multiple components, please list both authorities for all related components.

4.2 Technical Aspects

4.3 Privacy

No new personal data is collected or processed as a result of the implementation of the feature. 

4.4 Security

The implementation of the feature does not introduce any new attack vectors. there are no further special security-related considerations to be made.

4.5 Contact

Person to be contacted in case of questions about the feature or for funding offers:  Lorenz, Katharina [klorenz]

4.6 Funding

Funding status and funding parties are listed in the block 'Status of Feature' in the right column of this page.

If you are interested to give funding for this feature, please get into contact with the person mentioned above as 'Contact'.

5 Discussion

6 Implementation

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6.1 Description and Screenshots

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6.2 Test Cases

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6.3 Privacy

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6.4 Approval

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