Changing Wizards behind the Links

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Could the Wizard behind the https://thesouthpacific.org/w/get-involved link be changed to be identical to the current wizard (https://thesouthpacific.org/w/getting-involved-in-the-south-pacific)? This is meant to be a temporary measure to eliminate the half-baked Get Involved Wizard from spitting out its applications while we eliminate all old links. Additionally, so that we can differentiate the two links, could a small discreet message be appended to https://thesouthpacific.org/w/get-involved wizard applications?

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Pronoun can step in to make the required adjustments if necessary but in the meantime I’ve added an initial link to the new form and removed the action sections so that completing the form won’t result in new applications.

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I don’t think copying the wizard over is directly supported and would require editing and re-importing the wizard. As far as I can tell, it’s not clear from the documentation whether that will also clear the wizard submission history.

Let me know if that’s preferable or if the current setup is fine, and I can make the changes if desired.

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I think it’s preferable to edit and reimport it even if it deletes the submission history. We have the application topics as a record of most of that information, and in the unlikely event we do need the information I think just having to ask is worth making both wizards the same.

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Can we not just delete the data input steps and keep a single page that redirects to the current form? I feel we’re aiming for too much complication at this point.

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I do expect that we’ll need to make minor changes to the wizard soon, such as shuffling the culture groups and potentially adding more areas like OWL. In the event those kinds of edits need to be made is it easier to just edit the one in use, or is it better to have one link that redirects to the current form?

With a link that redirects to whatever the current form is, that would ideally use one of the wizard URLs currently in use to reduce the overhead of changing links.

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I’m not sure I fully understand the question, but it’s always going to be easier to edit one wizard than two.

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Is it easier to:

  • Have one link that never changes, that redirects people to whatever the actual wizard link is, thus allowing the wizard to be swapped out for a different one easily without changing any links (besides where the redirect leads to)

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  • have one wizard, and simply edit the wizard itself and make sure no one ever creates a new wizard link