drupal_module__url_replace_filter

URL Replace Filter Drupal module.

Description

The URL Replace Filter module allows administrators to replace the base URL in <img> and <a> elements.

Users tend to create links and images in their content with absolute URLs. This can be a problem if the site moves to another domain (perhaps between development and production sites) or is behind a proxy, with a different address for authenticated users.

Some replacement examples:

• Link
  • Before: <a href="http://example.com:8080/somepath">Some link</a>
  • After: <a href="/somepath">Some link</a>
• Image
  • Before: <img src="http://a.example.com/files/img.jpg" alt="Some image" />
  • After: <img src="/files/img.jpg" alt="Some image" />

You can setup such replacements in the URL Replace Filter settings as follow:

• Link
  • Original: http://example.com:8080/
  • Replacement: %baseurl/
• Image
  • Original: http://dev.example.com/
  • Replacement: %baseurl/

%baseurl is a token for your site's base URL. The above examples assume a site located in the domain's root directory (in which case %baseurl is actually empty).

Like any Drupal filter, the original user-entered content is not altered. The filter is only applied (and its result cached) when the node is viewed.

Installation

1. Enable the module

2. Go to the Configuration > Content authoring > Text formats and editors page, and click configure next to the text format that shall replace URLs.

3. Enable the URL Replace Filter in the text format's configuration page, and save the configuration.

4. Click the URL Replace filter vertical tab at the bottom of the page. In the URL Replace Filter box, enter original and replacement URLs in the appropriate fields and save the configuration. More empty replacement fields will automatically be added after saving, in case you need more fields than provided by default.