diff --git a/e107_admin/cpage.php b/e107_admin/cpage.php
index ae690b8ff..4c06bdf3c 100644
--- a/e107_admin/cpage.php
+++ b/e107_admin/cpage.php
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ class page_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
         protected $batchLink    = true;
 		protected $sortField	= 'page_order';
 		protected $orderStep 	= 10;
-		protected $url         	= array('profile'=>'page/view', 'name' => 'page_title', 'description' => '', 'link'=>'{e_BASE}page.php?id=[id]'); // 'link' only needed if profile not provided. 
+		//protected $url         	= array('profile'=>'page/view', 'name' => 'page_title', 'description' => '', 'link'=>'{e_BASE}page.php?id=[id]'); // 'link' only needed if profile not provided. 
+		protected $url         	= array('route'=>'page/view/index', 'vars' => array('id' => 'page_id', 'sef' => 'page_sef'), 'name' => 'page_title', 'description' => ''); // 'link' only needed if profile not provided. 
 		protected $tabs		 	= array("Main","Advanced");
 	//		protected $listSorting = true; 
 	
diff --git a/e107_admin/newspost.php b/e107_admin/newspost.php
index 86ada2829..91fb27505 100644
--- a/e107_admin/newspost.php
+++ b/e107_admin/newspost.php
@@ -353,7 +353,13 @@ class news_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 	protected $batchCopy 	= true;
     protected $batchLink    = true;
 	protected $listOrder	= "news_id desc";
-    protected $url          = array('profile'=>'news/view/item', 'name' => 'news_title', 'description' => 'news_summary', 'link'=>'{e_BASE}news.php?extend.[id]'); // 'link' only needed if profile not provided. 
+	// true for 'vars' value means use same var
+    protected $url          = array(
+    	'route'=>'news/view/item', 
+    	'name' => 'news_title', 
+    	'description' => 'news_summary', 
+    	'vars'=> array('news_id' => true, 'news_sef' => true, 'category_id' => 'news_category', 'category_sef' => true) // FIXME category_sef missing, we have to retrieve category data on the list view
+	); // 'link' only needed if profile not provided. 
     
 		
 	protected $listQry = "SELECT n.*,u.user_id,u.user_name FROM #news AS n LEFT JOIN #user AS u ON n.news_author = u.user_id "; // without any Order or Limit.
diff --git a/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php b/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
index 6941e94a8..ff418fc2b 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/admin_ui.php
@@ -3933,25 +3933,100 @@ class e_admin_ui extends e_admin_controller_ui
 	protected function handleListCopyBatch($selected)
 	{
 		// Batch Copy 
-		$set_messages = true;
 		$this->getTreeModel()->copy($selected);
-		if($set_messages) $this->getTreeModel()->setMessages();
+		// move messages to default stack 
+		$this->getTreeModel()->setMessages();
+		// send messages to session
+		e107::getMessage()->moveToSession();
+		// redirect
 		$this->redirect();	
 	}
 
-    /** TODO
-     * Batch copy trigger
+    /** 
+     * Batch URL trigger
      * @param array $selected
      * @return void
      */
     protected function handleListUrlBatch($selected)
     {
         // Batch Copy 
-        $set_messages = true;
-        $this->getTreeModel()->url($selected);
-        if($set_messages) $this->getTreeModel()->setMessages();
-        $this->redirect();  
+        if($this->_add2nav($selected))
+		{
+			//e107::getMessage()->moveToSession();
+			//$this->redirect();
+		}
     }
+	
+	
+	protected function _add2nav($selected)
+	{
+		if(empty($selected)) return false;// TODO warning message
+		
+		if(!is_array($selected)) $selected  = array($selected);
+
+        $sql        = e107::getDb();
+		$urlData	= $this->getUrl();
+		$allData 	= $this->getTreeModel()->url($selected, array('sc' => true), true);
+
+        e107::getMessage()->addDebug('Using Url Route:'.$urlData['route']);   
+        
+		$scount = 0;
+        foreach($allData as $id => $data)
+        {
+            $name = $data['name'];
+            $desc = $data['description'];
+            
+            $link = $data['url'];
+            
+            $link = str_replace('{e_BASE}', "", $link); // TODO temporary here, discuss
+            
+            // _FIELD_TYPES auto created inside mysql handler now
+            $linkArray = array(
+                'link_name'         => $name, 
+                'link_url'          => $link,
+                'link_description'  => e107::getParser()->toDB($desc), // retrieved field type is string, we might need todb here
+                'link_button'       => '',
+                'link_category'     => 255, // Using an unassigned template rather than inactive link-class, since other inactive links may already exist. 
+                'link_order'        => 0,
+                'link_parent'       => 0,
+                'link_open'         => '',
+                'link_class'        => 0,
+                'link_sefurl'		=> e107::getParser()->toDB($urlData['route'].'?'.$id),
+            );
+            
+            $res = $sql->insert('links', $linkArray);
+            
+            // FIXME lans
+            if($res !== FALSE)
+            {
+                 e107::getMessage()->addSuccess('Created Sitelink: <b>'.($name ? $name : 'n/a')."</b>");   
+				 $scount++; 
+            }
+            else 
+            {
+                if($sql->getLastErrorNumber())
+                {
+                    e107::getMessage()->addError('SQL Link Creation Error'); //TODO - Lan
+                    e107::getMessage()->addDebug('SQL Link Creation Error #'.$sql->getLastErrorNumber().': '.$sql->getLastErrorText());
+                }  
+				else
+				{
+					e107::getMessage()->addError('Unknown error: <b>'.$name."</b> not added");  
+				}
+            }
+                         
+        }
+        
+        if($scount > 0)
+        {
+            e107::getMessage()->addSuccess("<br /><strong>{$scount}</strong> new sitelinks were added but are currently unassigned. You should now modify these links to your liking.<br /><br /><a class='btn btn-small btn-primary' href='".e_ADMIN_ABS."links.php?searchquery=&filter_options=link_category__255'>Modify Links</a>");
+			return $scount;        
+        }
+        
+        return false; 
+ 
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Batch boolean trigger
 	 * @param array $selected
diff --git a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
index 84d556775..93f6f441d 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ class e_form
 				{
 					$value = $tp->htmlwrap($value, (int)$parms['wrap'], varset($parms['wrapChar'], ' '));
 				}
-				if(vartrue($parms['link']) && $id && is_numeric($id)) 
+				if(vartrue($parms['link']) && $id/* && is_numeric($id)*/) 
 				{
 					$link       = str_replace('[id]',$id,$parms['link']);
 					$link       = $tp->replaceConstants($link); // SEF URL is not important since we're in admin.
@@ -2197,19 +2197,21 @@ class e_form
                     $ext        = vartrue($parms['target']) =='blank' ? " rel='external' " : ""; // new window
                     $modal      = vartrue($parms['target']) =='modal' ? " data-toggle='modal' data-cache='false' data-target='#uiModal' " : "";
             
-                     $data = $this->getController()->getListModel()->toArray();
-                    if($parms['link'] == 'sef') //XXX @Miro - Thoughts?
-                    {  
-                         $urlData = $this->getController()->getUrl();
-                         $link = e107::getUrl()->create($urlData['profile'], $data);    
+                    if($parms['link'] == 'sef' && $this->getController()->getListModel()) 
+                    {
+                    	$model = $this->getController()->getListModel();
+						// copy url config
+						$model->setUrl($this->getController()->getUrl());
+						// assemble the url
+                    	$link = $model->url();
                     }
                     elseif(vartrue($data[$parms['link']])) // support for a field-name as the link. eg. link_url. 
                     {
                         $link = $tp->replaceConstants(vartrue($data[$parms['link']]));        
                     }
                     
-                    
-             		$value = "<a class='e-tip{$dialog}' {$ext} href='".$link."' {$modal} title='Quick View'>".$value."</a>";
+					// in case something goes wrong...
+                    if($link) $value = "<a class='e-tip{$dialog}' {$ext} href='".$link."' {$modal} title='Quick View'>".$value."</a>";
 				}
 				
 				if(!vartrue($attributes['noedit']) && vartrue($parms['editable']) && !vartrue($parms['link'])) // avoid bad markup, better solution coming up
diff --git a/e107_handlers/model_class.php b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
index 320cb4802..7edfb4ec2 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/model_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
@@ -523,7 +523,8 @@ class e_model extends e_object
 	protected $_db_table;
     
     /**
-     * Current url Profile
+     * Current url Profile data
+	 * Example: array('route'=>'page/view/index', 'vars' => array('id' => 'page_id', 'sef' => 'page_sef'), 'name' => 'page_title', 'description' => '');
      * @var string
      */
     protected $_url;
@@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ class e_model extends e_object
         return $this;
     }
     
-    
     /**
      * Get url profile
      * @return array
@@ -609,6 +609,52 @@ class e_model extends e_object
         return $this->_url;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Generic URL assembling method
+	 * @param array $options [optional] see eRouter::assemble() for $options structure
+	 * @param boolean $extended [optional] if true, method will return an array containing url, title and description of the url
+     * @return mixed URL string or extended array data
+     */
+    public function url($options = array(), $extended = false)
+    {
+        $urldata = $this->getUrl();
+		if(empty($urldata) || !vartrue($urldata['route'])) return ($extended ? array() : null);
+		
+		$eurl = e107::getUrl();
+		
+		if(empty($options)) $options = array();
+		elseif(!is_array($options)) parse_str($options, $options);
+		
+		$vars = $this->toArray();
+		if(!vartrue($options['allow']))
+		{
+			if(vartrue($urldata['vars']) && is_array($urldata['vars']))
+			{
+				$vars = array();
+				foreach ($urldata['vars'] as $var => $field) 
+				{
+					if($field === true) $field = $var;
+					$vars[$var] = $this->get($field);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		$method = isset($options['sc']) ? 'sc' : 'create';
+		
+		$url = e107::getUrl()->$method($urldata['route'], $vars, $options);
+		
+		if(!$extended)
+		{
+			return $url;
+		}
+		
+		return array(
+			'url' => $url, 
+			'name' => vartrue($urldata['name']) ? $this->get($urldata['name']) : '',
+			'description' => vartrue($urldata['description']) ? $this->get($urldata['description']) : '',
+		);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Get data fields array
      * @return array
@@ -3446,69 +3492,21 @@ class e_admin_tree_model extends e_front_tree_model
 	}
     
     
-     /**
-     * Batch Url Creation Table Rows. 
-     */
-    public function url($ids)
+	/**
+	 * Get urls/url data for given nodes
+	 */
+    public function url($ids, $options = array(), $extended = false)
     {
-        $tp         = e107::getParser();
-        $ids        = array_map(array($tp, 'toDB'), $ids);
-        $idstr      = implode(', ', $ids);
-        $sql        = e107::getDb();
-        $allData    = $this->toArray();
-        $urlData    = $this->getUrl();
-
-        $this->addMessageDebug('Using Url Profile:'.$urlData['profile']);   
-        
-        foreach($ids as $id)
-        {          
-            $data = vartrue($allData[$id]);
-            $name = $urlData['name'];
-            $desc = $urlData['description'];
-            
-            $link = vartrue($urlData['profile']) ? e107::getUrl()->create($urlData['profile'], $data) : str_replace("[id]", $id, $urlData['link']);  
-            
-            $link = str_replace(e_HTTP,"",$link); // work-around fix. 
-            
-            $linkArray = array(
-                'link_name'         => $tp->toDB($data[$name]),
-                'link_url'          => $link,
-                'link_description'  => $tp->toDB($desc),
-                'link_button'       => '',
-                'link_category'     => 255, // Using an unassigned template rather than inactive link-class, since other inactive links may already exist. 
-                'link_order'        => 0,
-                'link_parent'       => 0,
-                'link_open'         => '',
-                'link_class'        => 0
-            );
-            
-            
-            $res = $sql->insert('links',$linkArray);
-            
-            if($res !== FALSE)
-            {
-                 $this->addMessageSuccess('Created Sitelink: <b>'.$data[$name]."</b>");    
-            }
-            else 
-            {
-                if($sql->getLastErrorNumber())
-                {
-                    $this->addMessageError('SQL Link Creation Error', $session_messages); //TODO - Lan
-                    $this->addMessageDebug('SQL Link Creation Error #'.$sql->getLastErrorNumber().': '.$sql->getLastErrorText());
-                }  
-                $this->_db_errno = $sql->getLastErrorNumber();
-                $this->_db_errmsg = $sql->getLastErrorText();     
-            }
-                         
-        }
-        
-        if($res !== FALSE)
-        {
-            $this->addMessageSuccess("<br />New sitelinks are currently unassigned. You should now modify these links to your liking.<br /><br /><a class='btn btn-small btn-primary' href='".e_ADMIN."links.php?searchquery=&filter_options=link_category__255'>Modify Links</a>");        
-        }
-        
-        return true; 
- 
+    	$ret = array();
+    	foreach ($ids as $id) 
+    	{
+    		if(!$this->hasNode($id)) continue;
+			
+			$model = $this->getNode($id);
+			if($this->getUrl()) $model->setUrl($this->getUrl()); // copy url config data if available
+			$ret[$id] = $model->url($options, $extended);
+		}
+		return $ret;
     }
 
 }
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