It would be helpful to have a notes field in the redirect manager so we can remember what the redirect is for, or, more importantly, when it can expire and be removed.
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Also, on the topic of the redirects manager, it would be nice to have some kind of history of when redirects were used. I know that it shows the “last used” date, but that is often me testing a redirect.
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To add to the wishlist:
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A “purpose” field, if not part of “notes”. Or, some way to define what each redirect is for, like “page moved”, “page deleted”, “vanity” (shortened), “tracking” (short with UTM), etc. Say, if I wanted to do a review, I want to ignore the the permanent “moved/deleted” that will not change.
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Notes field. +1 to Gian’s suggestion. Bonus if what people commonly want to track could be systemized. For instance, setting a datetime to expire a redirect without needing to remember and check manually.
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History of previous use. +1 to Jon’s suggestion.
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Test links from redirect page don’t register in history. An additional idea.
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A real out-there, dreamer idea: a “profiles-like” interface. To allow for Hidden/Live/Scheduled/Archived. To allow for tags (for purpose). Potentially allow multiple pages be defined in a single instance to redirect to a target. Etc.
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OK - upvotes to suggestions by both @jwilcox and @mischlern!
Much better, thought-through versions of what I initially wished for.
Thanks guys…
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Hi folks,
Thanks for the lively discussion on this one!
A simple version of this idea—adding an optional “Notes” field—was just released with LiveWhale 2.21.0: Docs: Redirects
Truthfully, as we juggle big flagship 3.0 feature development, we weren’t able to tackle a more intensive UI or functionality overhaul at this time for the Redirects tool, but I hope this new optional Notes field proves useful for the cases discussed here. Thanks!
Karl
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Thanks for the quick response! This alone will still be a big help…
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