djangocms-link2

A link/-structure management plugin that replaces the plugin shipped with django-cms with a robust version that employs file fields from django-filer. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for cmsplugin_filer_link. The package contains a management command to migrate all existing Link-instances from cmsplugin_filer_link to link2.

Features

cmsplugin_filer_link is already a great plugin and link2 builds on it. The following advantages are available in this package:

robust django-cms link plugin which doesn't fail loudly
persists the internal url as well
can be copied safely between languages (even if the target page is not yet available in this language)
internal and external links are monitored (through a management command)
faulty links are visually highlighted for the content editor
an admin page lists all faulty links
easy migration from cmsplugin_filer_link (through a management command)

Dependencies

django-filer >= 1.2
Django >= 1.8
django-cms >= 3.1
djangocms-attributes-field
requests

Installation

To get started using djangocms-link2:

install it with pip:
```
$ pip install djangocms-link2
```

add the plugins to INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'cmsplugin_filer_link2',
    ...
)

run migrate cmsplugin_filer_link2.
remove the default djangocms-link or cmsplugin_filer_link from your INSTALLED_APPS
add LINK_DOMAIN = 'www.yourdomain.com' to your settings to make sure files and relative paths can be checked through the management command.

Management Command

./manage.py check_links allows you to check all Link instances. ./manage.py check_links --timeout=20 allows you to set a timeout for quicker checks. Default timeout is 60 seconds.