Create a childpage in Joomla without showing it in a menu

Question

I would like to create a page in Joomla without showing it in a menu. That would be easy when the URL could be from the root, e.g. www.mysite.com/hiddenpage I would just make a menu without module to show it and assign a menulink to that hidden menu.

However the url should be www.mysite.com/parentpage/hiddenpage So the page should be linked to another existing page as a childpage but without showing in the menu.

So far this seems not possible? Am I overlooking a feature in Joomla which would allow me to simply deactivate visibility in the menu without preventing the page from being accessed from the internet?

Or perhaps is it possible to edit or override a core component to force Joomla to allow this behaviour?

UPDATE: Too much thinking in one direction... The solution to do this is to edit the menu-item > linktype > css give it class "hide" (integrated bootstrap class) to just block visibility in the menu...

Answer 1

No this is not possible with Joomla.

There are several options for you to achieve the same result, I list them in order of ease.

1. Use joomla redirect component. Simply tell the user to surf to the url he wants, he will then find it in the administrator - components - redirect, where she can insert the non-sef url.

2. Tell them to use a different prefix: i.e. create a hidden menu where they will add the direct links;

Additionally, in order to remove the id from the url you can:

1. Install simplecustomrouter extension, it should do the job out of the box but some coding may be required on your part in order for it to work properly; extremely lightweight.

2. Go for a blasoned SEF extension such as sh440sef, this will add some overhead and may require a lot of work in configuration.

Answer 2

It's possible but a litle bit tricky. Try these steps :

1. Create a new two articles, name it as you wish (for example Article A and Article B )
2. Create a new menu group (from your administrator page go to : Menus > Menu Manager > Add new menu, name it as 'Hidden Menu'
3. Create a new Single Article menu item (under the 'Hidden Menu'), choose 'Article A' as as the article source and type 'parentpage' in the Menu Title field
4. Create a new Single Article menu item (under the 'Hidden Menu'), choose 'Article B' as the article source, choose 'parentpage' menu as the parent item and type 'hiddenpage' in the Menu Title field.

Now both of urls www.mysite.com/parentpage and www.mysite.com/parentpage/hiddenpage should be accessible now

Answer 3

As others have mentioned you can find extensions to modify URLs or hide the menu items using CSS, but these can require quite a bit of work especially if this is a one-off or once in a while situation.

However, there is one way to do this with Joomla as-is and will work with any type of menu items, not just articles. These instructions assume you already have a 'hidden' menu setup.

1. In a hidden menu, create menu items (or move them if they already exist) for parentpage and hiddenpage.
2. Set parentpage as the 'Parent Item' option in the hiddenpage menu item. Basically, create the page/subpage structure you'd like to see in the URL.
3. On your visible menu, create a 'Menu item Alias' (under 'System Links') menu item. Set the 'Menu item' option to the parentpage (listed under the hidden menu).
4. Enjoy. Parentpage is a visible menu item. hiddenpage is available at www.mysite.com/parentpage/hiddenpage

-Nick

Answer 4

FOR JOOMLA 3.X: While editing the childmenu just set (under "Linktype") "Display in menu" to "no"... it's simple like that! Here's a reference to the joomla.docs site

https://docs.joomla.org/images/6/6f/Help-3x-menus-menu-manager-new-menu-item-link-type-en.png

if link is broken just search for "edit menu linktype joomla 3" in future.

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