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aalisg
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URL does not content parent category and/or parent menu item

Post by aalisg » Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:47 am

Hello,

We have a website running Joomla! 5.2.3 with several menus.

Our main menu items point to pages wich include in their URLs the category of the displayed content and/or the parent menu item (we do not know exactly which one is taken into consideration). For example if we have a menu item "PRODUCTS" and a child menu item "CARS" which points to an article "CARS" and which parent category is "PRODUCTS" the URL will be www.home.com/products/cars.html.

But we have also others menus which items point to pages which URLs do not contain the parent category of the displayed article or the parent menu item. For example if we have a menu item "LEGAL" and a child menu item "COOKIES" the URL will be www.home.com/cookies.html and not www.home.com/legal/cookies.html.

Do you know where does this difference come from? Is it a setting in the parameters of the menu, or in the category of the articles?

We would be happy to hear you.

Regards,

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Re: URL does not content parent category and/or parent menu item

Post by Webdongle » Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:12 pm

Is it menu type 'Alias'?
http://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/
https://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/updating-joomla.html
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Re: URL does not content parent category and/or parent menu item

Post by aalisg » Mon Feb 10, 2025 10:29 pm

Hello and thank you for your reply,

I do not know. Where can I check that?

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Re: URL does not content parent category and/or parent menu item

Post by Webdongle » Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:08 am

In the edit page of the menu item. It tells you the type of menu item.
http://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/
https://www.weblinksonline.co.uk/updating-joomla.html
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Re: URL does not content parent category and/or parent menu item

Post by aalisg » Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:30 am

Hello and thank you for your reply,

Yes of course. No the menu type is "Article": It points to somme Joomla! content. Is it the answer you were waiting for?

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