By pluginamp on

One simple question I'll bet somebody can answer quickly - how does one link an item in Drupal to an outside URL? I created some menu items that I assumed would link to outside URLs that are in my (non-Drupal-connected) website, but they won't link. They say I need a node. Can you tell me where I should go to make a link (hyperlink)?

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StevenSokulski’s picture

StevenSokulski commented

Are these links included in menu items being created by menu.module?

If so you must fill in the path field with a URL beginning with http:// if it is not a Drupal hosted node on your local site.

For example, to link to drupal.org I would enter http://drupal.org or http://www.drupal.org as my path.

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pluginamp commented

Hi DVkid,

thanks for writing back! But what you suggest is exactly what I did, and still nothing. Yes, they're menu items created by menu.module. It asks for the "Drupal path this menu item links to," so I'm a bit worried that it needs to be based in a Drupal node - but I don't know how to do that, and the website I need to link it to is already set up. So yes, I started it with http:// - but it doesn't link to anything. It simply says "Page not found." And the page is definitely there - but Drupal won't find it for me. Help!

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pluginamp commented

A bit more information:

when I get the "Page not found" message, I look up at the URL, and I see this:

my Drupal website address, followed by ?q=, followed by the URL that I WANT to link to.

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gdinh commented

I strongly suspect it is a config problem. My test site accepts outside links in the menus without problems.

Marginally, if you trust us enough, you can give us a temporary admin account to your site's backend so the problem could be pinpointed.

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heine commented

When clean URLs are disabled one cannot link to external sites via the menu.

See for example
http://drupal.org/node/10888
http://drupal.org/node/36216

The solution (for now) is to enable clean urls.

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gdinh commented

My site does not have clean url enabled, and yet I can link to outside menus. See here (First menu on the left called "Test External Link")

Edit: I am using 4.6.5, if that is any indication

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heine commented

I hadn't tested it with 4.6.5 yet, but observed the behaviour earlier (4.6.3). It's indeed fixed in 4.6.5.

@OP Do you run a version < 4.6.5 ?

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gdinh commented

Heine, my edited post came in at the same time as your reply.
Apologies for the digression

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lanesharon commented

Drupal 4.6.6 version:
As Lily Tomlin would say - Never Mind! LOL

Take Care, Sharon

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oc@drupal.org commented

I am wondering if it is possible to have a menu link in 4.7 have the href:

javascript:alert("under construction");

or something like that...
-rich