Feature #39938
closed
change external links to "real" external links in menu
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Description
Currently when i insert an external link and show it in a menu, the link will still be an internal link and will then redirect to the external url.
i know this is the case since casper started TYPO3 but since plenty of users are using google analytics or piwik or whatever, it is much easier to track external links like that.
there are typoscripts in the web to change that but it is my wish to integrate that into the core and since typo3 6 changes "everything" it is a good point to change that as well :D
see http://www.typo3wizard.com/de/snippets/menus/externe-links-und-shortcuts-direkt-im-menue.html
Updated by Ernesto Baschny over 12 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
Feature has been requested before (#34863), in that case to make the behaviour configurable, which seems to me a nice compromise. So I'll close this one, please continue discussions there. Thanks!
Updated by Gerrit Code Review over 12 years ago
- Status changed from Closed to Under Review
Patch set 1 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at http://review.typo3.org/13922
Updated by Simon Schaufelberger over 12 years ago
Ernesto Baschny wrote:
Feature has been requested before (#34863)
ok sorry, didnt find that one.
make the behaviour configurable, which seems to me a nice compromise.
well i don't think many clients really depend on the old behavior...
Updated by Ernesto Baschny over 12 years ago
- Status changed from Under Review to Closed
Imagine the old page URL (the one which redirects externally) having relevant keywords in it's URL. It will never be reachable or linked anymore in TYPO3, thus disappear from search engine indexes after a while. This might annoy people that worked hard to make that page URL known in the wild (SEO).
Please continue in #34863, also I suggest to open a new review request with the correct topic. Thanks!