I'm not sure the best way to do this, but it seems really really simple...something that others before me must have done so any info will make my day....

I have seen numerous posts on how to create a block with arguments using taxonomy. What I was wondering is if it is possible to create a menu out of a series of path alias's (without node id or taxonomy). For example, say I have a base path alias

base/rootitem

and a series of items below this like:

base/rootitem/about
base/rootitem/news
base/rootitem/widgets
base/rootitem/blah

You get the idea...so say I have many rootitems and each have that series of pages..how can I create a dynamic set of links to display as a menu on a page?

Maybe this isn't possible this way, if so I'm open to any other options.

Thanks in advance

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dawehner’s picture

dawehner
Primary language German
commented

Why should this do views?

The menu items, are not dynamic, so you have to use menu_link_save for yourself.

jmather’s picture

jmather commented

I suppose I had thought that there might be a relatively simplistic way to do this with views using rootitem as an argument to the view...?

peterjmag’s picture

peterjmag commented

If I understand what you're trying to create, I recommend a combination of the following modules:

http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_menu
http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_redirect
http://drupal.org/project/menu_block

EDIT: Ah, I reread your post, and realized that you're trying to build from a list of existing path aliases, not taxonomy. In that case, try just creating a block view, filter out the nodes you want to use, output only the Node: Title field, and select the "Link this field to the node" option. However, I still think it's better to use taxonomy in this situation.

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esmerel commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Suggested solution given, no response.