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What links require this?
You may have uploaded documents (PDF, Excel, etc) as a "Document" format web content record in order to share them with a restricted group of users (members, or profiles with a specific affiliation code). The URL for a document web content record can then be published on a webpage, as a menu link on your website, or as a custom menu item in your MC Trade member portal. Users with access can click on those links to download the documents.
Why update them?
Due to updated security in portal logins, older links to restricted web content documents may require the user to log in a second time after clicking the link, in order to access the document. This will not occur if using the newer, updated web content URLs. This article details how to update your older web content document URLs to the new version and avoid the second login prompt.
Find the old link URL and content ID
Locate where you have published the link to the web content document and determine the URL used in the hyperlink.
If it looks like this example then you are using an older link:
https://web.mydomain.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentID=1234
Take note of the number at the very end of the link. This is the Web Content ID number of the document in MC Trade.
Update link with the new URL format
Update the link URL on your website or menu to use the new URL format. You can do this in one of two ways.
Option 1
Copy and paste the new URL directly from MC Trade.
- Log into MC Trade and go to Communication > Manage Web Content.
- Use the Content ID search field on the top right and input the content ID number you found in the steps above.
- Click "Run this search".
- In the results, click "Copy URL" on the right.
- The new url will be copied to your clipboard and you can paste it in place of the existing URL in your webpage code or menu setup.
Option 2
Manually modify the link.
- Find your MC Trade custom subdomain, for example "web.mydomain.org".
- This will be the subdomain used on your member portal link and is found right after the "https://" in the url.
- Create a generic link for your organization in this format:
https://[web.mydomain.org]/atlas/web-content/ - Add the ID number of the web content record to the end so that it looks like this:
https://[web.mydomain.org]/atlas/web-content/1234 - That is the new URL to use in the hyperlink to that document.
There are two Copy URL options available for different functions: The Copy URL path is ONLY meant for when using an IMAGE web content in HTML. The Copy URL (New) path is used for everything else.