Understand Short Link sources
Custom, legacy import, RSS Manager, Evergreen, and public/auto-generated labels, including which feature owns the destination. Short Link viewer permission required.
Overview
Custom, legacy import, RSS Manager, Evergreen, and public/auto-generated labels, including which feature owns the destination. Short Link viewer permission required. Use it as a reference while you work in MediaFox or when you need to interpret the information on screen. FoxLink manages tracked Short Links, versioned Link Trees, public aliases, redirects, analytics, and destination health.
Why this matters
Understand Short Link sources affects how you interpret information and choose the next action in MediaFox. FoxLink manages tracked Short Links, versioned Link Trees, public aliases, redirects, analytics, and destination health.
Read the current organization, page, platform, date range, status, and permission context together. The same label can have a different practical meaning when one of those inputs changes.
Key points
Use the following points as the working definition for this reference. They are taken from the current MediaFox product surface and should be checked again when an external platform changes its behavior.
- Custom.
- Legacy import.
- RSS Manager.
- Evergreen.
- Public/auto-generated labels.
- Including which feature owns the destination.
- Short Link viewer permission required.
Use this reference in MediaFox
Open FoxLink Dashboard in the organization navigation and locate the control, status, metric, or identifier described above. Compare the value on screen with the selected scope rather than reading it in isolation.
- Confirm the scope
Check the current organization, connected pages, platforms, date range, filters, and lifecycle state.
- Read the supporting context
Inspect labels, tooltips, empty states, warnings, and permission messages next to the value or control.
- Choose the next action
Continue only when the information supports the intended outcome: the Short Link or Link Tree shows the intended draft, published, redirect, analytics, or health state.
Troubleshooting
If the result is missing or an action is unavailable, do not assume the data was lost. MediaFox can hide controls because of role, page access, organization allowlists, add-ons, lifecycle state, or an external platform limitation.
- Verify the FoxLink add-on and the separate Short Link or Link Tree view/edit permission required by the action.
- Check custom-slug format, reserved names, active history, and concurrent edits before retrying a save.
- For public links, distinguish a missing 404 response from a permanently retired or deleted 410 response.
Availability and access
Availability depends on your organization access and assigned permissions.