Several “lock” links on one page

  • Resolved jbenau

    (@jbenau)


    7 months ago

    Greeting from Spain,

    I’m currently using your “Redirect URL to Post” plugin on my website, which is dedicated to teaching Spanish at different proficiency levels. The plugin’s functionality, particularly the lock parameter, has been instrumental in setting up a system where content is rotated every seven days. This setup allows my students to access new lessons weekly, which is fantastic.

    However, I’ve encountered a challenge that I hope you can help me with. My site is structured to cater to three groups of learners: beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Each group has a dedicated section on the dashboard, and I aim to rotate the linked lesson for each group on specific days of the week – beginners on Monday, intermediate on Wednesday, and advanced on Friday (see image). While I can set the lock parameter to 604,800 seconds to ensure the link remains static for seven days, I can’t figure out how to make each link update on its respective day without them all changing at the same time.

    Is there a way to configure the plugin or possibly extend its functionality to achieve this? Ideally, each link would be locked for seven days but would only update on its designated day of the week, regardless of when I initially set them up. This functionality would greatly enhance the learning experience by providing a consistent, weekly update schedule that aligns with the curriculum’s structure.

    Thank you for your time and for developing such a helpful plugin. I look forward to your guidance on this matter.

    Best regards,

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  • Plugin Author Christoph

    (@camthor)

    Technically that would be possible, because the visited files are saved in a cookie. The plugin would need to be modified in a way that it uses three different cookies, one for each link. This should be a straightforward task for a developer.

    Unfortunately this is not part of the default behavior.

    Thread Starter jbenau

    (@jbenau)

    so there’s no parameter I can add to the link or something I can do to achieve this?

    Plugin Author Christoph

    (@camthor)

    It would require to customize the plugin, because these requirements with different links are a special case that it was not built for. Unfortunately, free plugins can consider only the most common use cases, but of course you can find developers on the web who will be able to create a customized version for your needs.

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