Brochure Page with Link Only

[johngwms]

I need to create a link to my site's blog.

I would like to create a brochure page which only contains a link which the user is sent to if the brochure page is selected.

How can I do this?

John

[Duncan Rounding]

You mena you want to redirect the page?
It would better to change the link leading to the brochure page and make that go directly to the blog rather.

[leehack]

If you are on about automatic linking, then it would seem a bit silly to take them to a page to then auto link off to somewhere as a pointless step. In that situation you would just have the blog linked in the first place instead of the brochure page.

If you want a brochure page with a link that they click on, then add a fragment and either code your own html into a 'text-only' fragment or use the link facility on the fragment and add [LINK] into the description field to use it.

!!<

<a href="pagename.html">link text</a>

>!!

[johngwms]

I was just looking for an easy way to make a link without modifying the page layout. Adding a redirect to a brochure page seemed straightforward (assuming it can be done).

I could always create an empty brochure page and setup a redirect in cpanel.

John

[leehack]

But if you learn to adjust the layout, that knowledge is then with you forever and will only take as long as the bodge (although admittedly resourceful) you are thinking about doing. Look at the list layout for your menu and tag your own link into that before it closes, it will get styled as the others do then, don't go standalone link, it will just get more confusing that way.

[johngwms]

I agree it is a bodge. It was only intended to be temporary until I redesign the page headers.

How can I change the link to the brochure page?

John

[leehack]

You won't be changing anything, you'll remove the brochure page and then manually add your own link into the list layout, look at the live code to see how a link is formed and then code your own using that format is the best way to ensure it looks and works like all other auto links in there.

[James Thompson]

the way i have done this (and it seems to work)

is


Create a new brochure page

In the "name" Field

enter the following
<a href="http://www.your site here.co.uk">Text to display here</a>

click apply changes and voila

[johngwms]

Thanks James

Simple and works a treat! Just what I was after.

John

[NormanRouxel]

Unfortunately, it generates dodgy code.

E.g.

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">News</a>

Creates invalidly nested A tags:

<a href="-a-href--news.bbc.co.uk--News--a-.html"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">News</a></a>

Best try in all browsers just in case it's broken in some.

[johngwms]

I have just looked at the code generated for me and it seems fine - nested A tags, yes but they are OK.

eg. "<a href="http://www.thedebugstore.com/blog/">The Debug Store Blog</a>" in the name field

Creates:

<a href="acatalog/Blog.html"><a href="http://www.thedebugstore.com/blog/">The Debug Store Blog</a></a>

The file Blog.html is the created brochure page as expected but this is followed by thye redirection which works.

Unless, I have misssed something?

John

[leehack]

[guccij]

*goat points to Lee*

[guccij]

*and Norman*

[Duncan Rounding]

You might get away with a fudge like this

</a><a href="http://www.thedebugstore.com/blog/">The Debug Store Blog</a><a href="#">

Which should create

<a href="acatalog/Blog.html"></a><a href="http://www.thedebugstore.com/blog/">The Debug Store Blog</a><a href="#"></a>