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

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3.3 New User Interface Concepts

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3.4 Accessibility Implications

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4 Additional Information

4.1 Involved Authorities

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4.2 Technical Aspects

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4.5 Contact

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

4.6 Funding

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5 Discussion

6 Implementation

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