slug management

[sardarms]

I am trying to control the output of the slug (instead of the title) by following this option:

`... # whatever collection

• slug: '{{field.slug}}'
• fields:
  • name: title label: Title widget: string
  • name: slug label: Slug widget: slug slug: 'custom-slug-{{title}}'`

I got it from here - Decap CMS issue 445.

But seems like the slug is just some numbers like this

Is there any way to control the slug of the post?

Thanks in advance.

[kyoshino]

The example doesn’t work in Sveltia CMS because it relies on a custom widget, which is not yet supported in Sveltia.

You can instead use the standard string widget to enter a slug manually:

collections:
  - name: posts
    label: Posts
    slug: '{{field.slug}}'
    fields:
      - name: title
        label: Title
        widget: string
      - name: slug
        label: Slug
        widget: string # instead of slug

Or, simply use a random ID as a slug:

collections:
  - name: posts
    label: Posts
    slug: '{{uuid_short}}'

[sardarms]

Many thanks. I think I ask the wrong question. Sorry for that.

What I am trying to do is generate a customs filename for each file. Right now, the setting you provide generate file with random numbers e.g. a222cd34441.md, f06bf1cd3691.md.

What I want to do is control the file name e.g. file-name-1.md and second-post.md so on. You see, I will have lost of file generated. If I can control the file name, it will make my life easier to manage the file by just looking at the file name.

I hope the question is now clear. Sorry for taking time off you.

Also, this is not actually an issue, this should be moved to discussion. Thank you.

[kyoshino]

Sorry, I made a mistake in the example. (Actually, the example in the Decap CMS thread is wrong.)

slug: '{{field.slug}}'

has to be

slug: '{{fields.slug}}'

Add “s” after “field”. (Documentation)

Does it work?

Sveltia CMS falls back to a random ID when the configuration is wrong or a slug cannot be determined. 😅