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Custom Links

This plugin will display a button with a link in the edit content object. The link will be supplemented with data from the currently edited object. Thanks to this link, you will be able to get easy access to the preview of where the content is used.

Find in the right sidebar panel Plugins and select.

Flotiq plugins

On the next screen, click the plus icon next to Custom Links to install and enable the plugin.

Install Custom Links plugin

Once the plugin is enabled, click Manage to open the modal with the form.

Manage Custom Links

After the modal is opened, click Add item.

Add Custom Link

Next, fill in the details and click Save changes to complete your plugin setup.

Setting up Custom Links in Flotiq

  • URL template - It's a place to enter the link template, e.g. https://my-blog/post/{slug}, where slug is the name of the content field of the type selected below. Instead of {slug}, you can use any field of a given content type, it is also possible to use nesting, e.g. {internal.createdAt}. You can also use list fields: {addresses[0].city}.

  • Link name template - Any name that will be displayed on the link button.

  • Content types - Select the content types to display the button only for the specified content types. If the content types are not selected, the button will be shown when editing each content object.

You're done. Now you will see Example page in Content Objects forms with http://example.com/ link.

Custom links button in Flotiq editor

Examples

One of the most common use cases for using this plugin is to add a direct link to a preview/staging environment directly from the editor. Here's how you could set that up:

Custom links plugin configuration for linking to a preview environment

if you use this configuration with an object similar to this

Content object with category and slug

you will see the first-page link that will lead you to https://my-blog/post/first-page.

Here's a bit more complex example, where the page routing requires to provide a URL with the name of a category and a slug of the current page:

Custom links plugin with a more complex routing

if you use this configuration with an object similar to this

Content object with category and slug

you will see a preview link that will lead you to https://my-site.com/office/best-office-chair.