Indesign created a new URL link to the same file...

[saqibm7575]

Hello Everyone!

I created and published my portfolio through Adobe InDesign and I never had this issue before... For some odd reason my InDesign created a new link to my portfolio (New Url) even though while "Update Existing Document" was selected during the exporting. Normally this is not a issue for me, but I recently sent out my portfolio link on job applications, and noticed a major error that needed to be fixed... sadly when I republished It, it created a new link. Now my job applications have the old link to my unrevised portfolio... So my question is... is there a way to replace or merge the links so people trying to view my portfolio are directed to my new portfolio rather then my old one using the URL I have given them??? I hope someone can help me out ASAP... Thank you.

[JonathanArias]

are you talking about publish online?

[saqibm7575]

Yes, sorry for unclarity.

[JonathanArias]

it should not change the link if you are editing it. that is the whole point of that feature. report this bug. do you know how to do that?

[saqibm7575]

How I can report the bug?

[JonathanArias]

here:

Feature Request/Bug Report Form

[Jeffrey_Smith]

I don't think there is any way to change the URL of a Publish Online document.

A workaround: publish the new content to both new and old document. When you update existing, use the drop down to select and choose each document to update. You will have 2 Publish Online documents, but they both can have the same content.

[saqibm7575]

Sadly, there is only one document... that i have already edited and re-published, which caused it to created a separate URL link rather then updating the existing one. During the time i was publishing it, i ensured that i had the "Update existing Document" selected. Thank you for reply, i really do appreciate it!

[Jeffrey_Smith]

- Publish Online documents are independent of Indesign Documents

- Publish Online documents can share the same Title

- Publish Online documents are unique by the URL that is generated during publish process

- Visit your Publish Online dashboard to view all documents that have been published.

- In dashboard you can delete Publish Online documents

[saqibm7575]

Thank you Jeffrey!

At the moment, I do have two documents of the same name in my Publish Online Dashboard, 1 new and 1 old. I am really OK with having two documents with the same content, however, I do not know how I can update the old document when my InDesign Document is only effecting the the new document.

[Jeffrey_Smith · Accepted solution]

Use the drop down to view all Publish Online Documents and select to replace. The newest document is at the top of the list. In my example, I have 4 test documents that can be updated.

[saqibm7575]

This is exactly what i was looking for! Thank you!

[Jeffrey_Smith]

I can say that when publishing documents, I thought I had selected "Replace Existing" and in fact, I did not. And this results in many documents with the same title.