Fixing old links see BT#8704

main/admin/configure_homepage.php

@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ if (!empty($action)) {
 					$link_url='http://'.$link_url;
 				}
 				$menuf = ($action == 'insert_tabs' || $action == 'edit_tabs')? $mtloggedin : $menuf;
+
 				if (!is_writable($homep.$menuf.'_'.$lang.$ext)) {
 					$errorMsg = get_lang('HomePageFilesNotWritable');
 				} elseif (empty($link_name)) {
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ if (!empty($action)) {
 					if ($action == 'insert_link' || $action == 'insert_tabs' || empty($filename) || strstr($filename, '/') || !strstr($filename, '.html')) {
 						$filename = replace_dangerous_char($link_name, 'strict').'.html';
 					}
+
 					// "home_" prefix for links are renamed to "user_" prefix (to avoid name clash with existing home page files)
 					if (!empty($filename)) {
 						$filename = str_replace('home_', 'user_', $filename);
@@ -679,6 +681,13 @@ if (!empty($action)) {
 				} else {
 					$errorMsg = get_lang('HomePageFilesNotReadable');
 				}
+
+                if (empty($home_menu)) {
+                    if (file_exists($homep.$menutabs.'_'.$lang.$ext)) {
+                        $home_menu = @file($homep.$menutabs.'_'.$lang.$ext);
+                    }
+                }
+
 				if (empty($home_menu)) {
 					$home_menu = array();
 				}
@@ -1055,14 +1064,23 @@ switch ($action) {
 			// Add new page
 
 			$home_menu = '';
+
             if (file_exists($homep.$mtloggedin.'_'.$lang.$ext)) {
                 $home_menu = @file($homep.$mtloggedin.'_'.$lang.$ext);
             } else {
                 $home_menu = @file($homep.$mtloggedin.$ext);
             }
+
+            if (empty($home_menu)) {
+                if (file_exists($homep.$menutabs.'_'.$lang.$ext)) {
+                    $home_menu = @file($homep.$menutabs.'_'.$lang.$ext);
+                }
+            }
+
             if (empty($home_menu)) {
                 $home_menu = array();
             }
+
             if (!empty($home_menu)) {
                 $home_menu = implode("\n", $home_menu);
                 $home_menu = api_to_system_encoding($home_menu, api_detect_encoding(strip_tags($home_menu)));