Make all internal Miro links relational by default

Hey @Johan! Can duplicating a board be a workaround? You can copy your “master” board for every new client and then delete unnecessary information. Does it work for you?

Hi

This idea (with 50 votes at present) is a decent work around if it is implemented

https://community.miro.com/wish-list-32/find-replace-text-422

please vote for it!

Just stumbled onto the save board as temple feature.

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017572134-Templates#h_01EFXEY6PWXTG9K39SPFF3HVWF

It will solve the basic problem @Johan has

I tried that, it doesn’t work for me Any “Link to” links are still pointing to the old board.

It is not. I tried, but the link targets are unique per board, so you can find, but have no idea what to replace with.

I have a basic search & replace script that uses the API to update all unlocked text elements on a board.

I find it pretty crazy that version control hasn’t been taken into account here. Who doesn’t make backups of big projects, including those that use lots of internal linking?

Use case: I’ve created a board for a conference with around 90 frames for each workshop, and using around 200 buttons that take users to different places on the board.

Consequence: What this means is that despite 20 admins of different skill levels editing the content, the one working copy of the board needs to be treated like the holy grail. Duplicating the board / downloading board backup / making a template  all have the links pointing to the original board rather than the new one, which is crazy imho. With this limitation, I can’t have peace of mind that the board will survive all the edits without my supervision.

What’s needed: The ability to reinstall a pervious version with all links pointing internally inside that board is hugely important. I hope this feature comes sooner rather than later 🙏

Yes, please!!!

I’ve created a template for the rest of my team to use with every new project. When I embed links into text and then copy the template, all my links still point to the frames in the template, rather than the new board. 

For linking from frame to frame, the Link to works just great - it automatically updates so the link works properly to take you to the correct frame in the new board. But the links in text do not. 😔

I didn’t realize this until I created a ToC with links to all the frames so the customer could navigate around easily, and then discovered all those links took me back to the template. Oops.

Another use case - I’ve got links embedded in the text throughout after a question. For example, ‘If yes, go to FrameXYZ next’ (where ‘FrameXYZ’ is a link in the text) or ‘As a pre-req for this meeting you need to complete Frame123’ and the link will take them to the exact frame they need to complete. Makes for a great interactive board but a lot of effort to add in the links each and every time.