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Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:27 pm

Hello,
I'd like to have a parent item in the menu that does not link to anything, so that I put other items in the menu beneath it.
It's a sort of faux parent that links to nothing, but harbors other items under one umbrella.
I'm aware that one way to do it is like so:
2024-09-13 17_23_33-Menus_ Edit Item - دار ناشري للنشر الإلكتروني - Administration — Mozilla Firefox.png
But the problem now is that the alias will be part of the link. I don't want that.

Is there a way to do it without the disadvantage of having the alias appear as part of the url?

Thanks.
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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by gws » Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 pm

Menu type header in system links.

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:11 pm

gws wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 pm Menu type header in system links.
Thank you very much indeed!

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:17 pm

gws wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 pm Menu type header in system links.
I've just tried it. Still, the URL will include the alias the heading item hold.
I tried not assigning an alias, the system created its own!

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by gws » Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:21 pm

You leave the link empty!!!

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by Webdongle » Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:21 pm

You don't use a menu item type Alias.
http://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/
https://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/updating-joomla.html
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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:30 pm

Webdongle wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:21 pm You don't use a menu item type Alias.
I'm not sure I got what you mean.
Here is a screensahot of what I did.
2024-09-13 19_29_32-Menus_ Edit Item - دار ناشري للنشر الإلكتروني - Administration — Mozilla Firefox.png
Do you pointing out what I should change?
Thanks.
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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by gws » Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:32 pm

That looks correct.

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Sat Sep 14, 2024 7:30 am

gws wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:32 pm That looks correct.
But that's not what I'm looking for. :(
As you can see, now the alias of the heading appears in the URL:
2.png
I don't want that extra alias to show. I want the heading to be just there, but without affecting the URL.
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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by Mr. Wimpy » Sat Sep 14, 2024 8:06 am

Joomla creates the URL based on the menu structure: mysite.tld/menu-item/submenu-item/etc.

You could look at extensions for menus:
https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/menu-systems/

Or use aliases. Upside: no additional extension. Downside: double work
- Create a (hidden) menu with your menu-items.
- Create a menu with menu-readings and the submenus are aliases to menu-items in the (hidden) menu.

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Re: Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL

Post by I-MAG » Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:17 am

Mr. Wimpy wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 8:06 am Joomla creates the URL based on the menu structure: mysite.tld/menu-item/submenu-item/etc.

You could look at extensions for menus:
https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/menu-systems/

Or use aliases. Upside: no additional extension. Downside: double work
- Create a (hidden) menu with your menu-items.
- Create a menu with menu-readings and the submenus are aliases to menu-items in the (hidden) menu.
Thank you. I used the second way and it worked! :)

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