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We understand there are plenty of lists and libraries hard-coded with the old site URL in its Hyperlink columns. Now, we got to find and replace those old links from all SharePoint lists and libraries. Write-host “Found and replaced a old link item at: $ ($web.Url)/$ ($list.RootFolder.Url) – Item id: $ ($item.id)”
Now you can either map SharePoint as a normal drive or access it directly over HTTP (S) and ReplaceMagic will be able to scan your documents and help to identify which links are broken. Afterwards you can easily make replacements and fix all broken links of documents that are moved to SharePoint.
Log into your site, navigate to the page, and click Edit. Highlight the email address in the content. Click on the Insert tab and then click on the lower part of the Link button. From the drop-down menu select From Address. In the Address field type mailto: and then the email address.
Why do SharePoint links break when files moved?
The reason I ask is that Google Docs do not have this issue, each document has a direct link which does not change. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
How to find and replace url columns in SharePoint?
Now, we got to find and replace those old links from all SharePoint lists and libraries. Write-host “Found and replaced a old link item at: $ ($web.Url)/$ ($list.RootFolder.Url) – Item id: $ ($item.id)” This script scans all lists and libraries of the given site and replaces old links.
We had a SharePoint portal site called “Crescent Portal” with URL: http://portal.crescent.com. After migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, we made a decision to replace both site name and URL as “Crescent Intranet” with URL “http://intranet.crescent.com”.