adding rel="nofollow" to joomla menu item

[gsadeghi]

Hi,

I want to add the nofollow attribute to some of the links on my menu items. When i use the default robot option on Joomla menu, it will add the attribute to the meta data of the page but not the link itself. Is it possible to modify the links on menu items and add the rel="nofollow"

I'm using Joomla 2.5

Thanks,

[Per Yngve Berg]

Put the links in the robots.txt file.

[gsadeghi]

Put the links in the robots.txt file.

That would completely block the search engine bots and it will hurt optimization. I just want to add the attribute to the link in some pages that i have to balance the number of links that link juice passes through on that page.

[Per Yngve Berg]

http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_ ... omla!_core

[gsadeghi]

http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_ ... omla!_core

Well this is what i did. It's cheating but it worked. It would be be great if this option can be available on core joomla options. is there any place we can request adding feature?

Here's what it did:

Go modules/mod_menu/tmpl
edit the file default_url.php

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$class = $item->anchor_css ? 'class="'.$item->anchor_css.'" ' : '';
$title = $item->anchor_title ? 'title="'.$item->anchor_title.'" ' : '';

On backend menu manager section under "link Type Option" there are 3 options. "Link Title Attribute",
"Link CSS Style" and "Link Image". i don't use any of them so just edited the 'class="' to 'rel="'
so the code looks like this

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$class = $item->anchor_css ? 'rel="'.$item->anchor_css.'" ' : '';
$title = $item->anchor_title ? 'title="'.$item->anchor_title.'" ' : '';

now if you put nofollow on the Link CSS Style the link will get nofollow attribute! As i said, it's cheating but it works!

[mccombinc]

Thanks, gsadeghi. I used your hack but the file I had to change was default_component.php.

[innocent101]

Awesome dude it works for me as well.

[MediaCore]

Google has recently done a big update and started penalising nofollows if you use them too much. What I mean is site sculpting based on keywords, e.g. content siloing using categories etc.

[pishro]

Google has recently done a big update and started penalising nofollows if you use them too much. What I mean is site sculpting based on keywords, e.g. content siloing using categories etc.

I agree with MediaCore!

I want to add the nofollow attribute to some of the links on my menu items.

please see this item Metadata Options > Robots
http://docs.joomla.org/Help25:Menus_Men ... ta_Options

[egonzalez]

One workaround is to use "Link Title attribute" in Link Type Options, just put:

" rel="nofollow" "

this "html-injection" allow you to add any other tag to the link without hacking any program. It works to me with v2.5.11

[ladydevil]

I think just putting tags: rel = "nofollow".
but I do not see people doing that.?

[shoulders]

One workaround is to use "Link Title attribute" in Link Type Options, just put:

" rel="nofollow" "

this "html-injection" allow you to add any other tag to the link without hacking any program. It works to me with v2.5.11

This is an awesome solution. I have used it to make Bootstrap modals launch from a Joomla menu item.

Thanks

[shoulders]

This is an awesome solution. I have used it to make Bootstrap modals launch from a Joomla menu item.

Thanks

Can you post an example of your code so i can add it to my notes

https://quantumwarp.com/kb/articles/30- ... extensions

I am glad it helped

[Per Yngve Berg]

Not very useful. Bootstrap is not included in joomla 2.5. Check what forum you are posting in.

[shoulders]

Not very useful. Bootstrap is not included in joomla 2.5. Check what forum you are posting in.

I did.

You should read the post again. egonzalez said he used it for creating bootstrap modals from the joomla menu and I asked him for his code which is related to the thread as a whole and to his post because he used a technique I posted.

And why is it not useful, I think it is, also the related link I gave egonzalez he might find very useful.

Thanks