Hi,

Cool module. I am wondering if there is any way to link to the front page. I have tried the following:
/

/front

All of these cause the pop-up to report that a Drupal internal path is required.

My front page is a Views page. So /front is the URL assigned to it in Views. This means I do not have a nodeID to assirn it to. How can I direct the link to the front page?

Thank you.

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mcfilms commented
Assigned: Unassigned » mcfilms
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

I'll answer my own question. If your front page is a node, you link to that node. If your front page is generated by Views (or some other module I imagine), you are out of luck for now. The maintainer of this module mentioned Views support in the next release.

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ludo.r
Location Brussels
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Version: 6.x-1.2 » 7.x-2.2
Assigned: mcfilms » Unassigned
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Active

Hi,

It seems it is still impossible link to the front page by using <front>.

I know it is possible to use a node ID (node/xx) or a path (e.g. /home for my homepage panel), but it would be better to use <front>, so if the homepage url changes, the link would remain correct.

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anrikun commented
Version: 7.x-2.2 » 7.x-2.x-dev

How would you look for <front> using the autocomplete field?
By typing '<front>'?
I guess we should allow this to be configurable then, as end-users may not know this Drupal word.

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ludo.r
Location Brussels
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You're right.

But still if the opportunity exists, it could be used by people who knows it.
For the others who don't know <front>, an explanation or a new link type (e.g. "system path") could be useful.

However, it may not be a good idea to store a link like <a href="<front>">Back to home<a> if the ckeditor link filter is disabled, while <a href="node/59">About us<a> still makes sense

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chris burge commented
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Here's an alternative to link to the site's front page:

  • Link type: URL
  • Protocol: other
  • URL: /


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