By GlWy on

Hi,

I encountered the following problem. I want to create a new menu item and link it to an external url. The url is quit long (it's a search criteria for another site), exceeding the max length of the textfield in menu settings where I need to enter the path.

In order to increase the length, do I need to alter the column size in the database? Change anything in any code?

or is their an easier way?

thanks

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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caschbre’s picture

caschbre commented

How long is the URL?

You could look at using the url redirect module. You would create your URL (mysite.com/go-elsewhere) and set the redirect to where you want to go. Then in your menu you use your URL.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Drupal 6 Solution

  1. Install module Menu Inject Block
  2. Create new Block
  3. Add menu link to Body:
    e.g. <div><a href="LONG URL>{menu link title}</a></div>
    Note: If you don't wrap link in <div> Drupal will wrap in <p> and add unnecessary margins.
  4. Create Menu Item
  5. Set path to <block> and choose the Block from select menu at bottom.

Done!

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colan
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The core issue for this is #288946: Increasing path length to 255 chars.