Refreshing existing nodes to pick up Automatic Nodetitles in Drupal

Question

I have a set of existing nodes for a content type ('foo'). Since then I have installed the Automatic Nodetitles module, which has helped tremendously, since I no longer need to work hard to make standardized names for each node of that type. I have used Automatic Nodetitles in conjunction with Tokens to create an automatic title naming pattern based on Node and CCK fields. This works perfectly for any new node I create of this content types?

How do I refresh existing nodes to pick up their titles with the "Automatic Nodetitles" Drupal 6 module?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Had to do quite a bit of searching to find the solution, but I found it: http://drupal.org/node/265773#comment-3055470

Specifically:

"Updating nodetitles from existing nodes

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If you set the nodetitle to be auto generated for some content type, existing nodes are not affected. You can update existing nodes by going to 'admin/content/node', then filter for your content type, mark some nodes and choose the "Update option" "Update automatic nodetitles"

Posted to SO for everyone's benefit. One of the "Update options" Is "update automatic nodetitles". I never would have guessed! No need for an additional module or function; it is already there (once Automatic Nodetitles is installed, of course).

Answer 2

You can also use Views Bulk Operations' built-in "List all content" replacement view (defaults to admin/content/node2), which will give you more flexibility in selecting/filtering nodes to update. VBO also allows you to select and perform an action on all nodes, rather than just a page at a time, like Drupal's default content listing.