In N2CMS, can you disable the prompt to 'Update links leading to' the item you just edited?

Question

I am using N2CMS to manage the content of my site without using the page routing from N2. Hence when I edit a piece of content, it's quite useless when N2 asks me: "Update links leading to..." "Add permanent redirect at previous URL?". Can I disable this behaviour?

Answer 1

Converting Page into Part is inherently bad idea. It may be temporary fix for the problem you have, but it will bounce back at you in a bad way.

Instead, you can do this

• Turn LinkTracker off in web.config

  linkTracker enabled="false" permanentRedirectEnabled="false"
  

• Copy CommandFactory.cs from N2 Source into your solution, and rename it to MyCommandFactory.cs. Add Service replacement attribute

  [Service(typeof(ICommandFactory), Replaces = typeof(CommandFactory))]
  

In a constructor, change this line

updateReferences = new MyUpdateReferencesCommand();

• Write your own empty Update reference command class

  public class MyUpdateReferencesCommand : UpdateReferencesCommand
  {
      public override void Process(CommandContext state)
      {
      }
  }
  

Answer 2

As far as I can see from the source code, N2 expects always to show you the "Update links leading to..." page if the ContentItem is a Page (i.e. [PageDefinition] attribute or .IsPage = true) and the address has been updated. The solution in our case was to make the 'page' in question into a 'part' using [PartDefinition].