Joomla External Link -

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I am using the external link type menu items within Joomla - the reason is I need to link direct to an anchor on another page from the menu.

I have around 10-15 links, all work as expected except 2.

in my external URL box I have something like this: "index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=207#SystemIntegration"

  • id - is the article id
  • Itemid - is the menu item I want to be active
  • hashtag - is my anchor link

PROBLEM: On the 2 that are not working it seems to go to url with this "http://www.website.com/component/content/?Itemid=207#SystemIntegration" instead of "http://www.website.com/services/digital-solutions/SystemIntegration#SystemIntegration" as expected

has anyone else had this issue? I have a feeling its connected to the SEF urls being on.

Joomla 3.5.0 version

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2 Answers

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Step1. Create a Hidden Menu from Joomla admin==>Menus==>Manage==>add new menu

Step2. Select a Hidden Menu ==> add a new menu item==>Menu Item Type==>Article==>single article==>your article id==>save

Step3. Site load this url(take copy)

Step4. Create a new menu from external url Pate the previous url (include #)

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Nothing I tried worked reliably - so I got round it by making each item go to the single article, then using a spare field to store the name of anchor. Then within some custom JS code I checked if the field was set and automatically scrolled the page to it if it was - works better than the joomla standard anyway and is more reliable