Add additional link to existing page in nav

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I am using the Superfish plugin to display the main navigation for a site.

I want to do the following:

Home
About Us
- About Us Overview
- Personnel
- Company
- History
Services
Contact Us

I want the "About Us" tab and the "About Us Overview" tab to link to the same page.

I am wondering if there is a way to add a page to the Sitemap that links to an internal page. I see that looking at the Sitemap, I can create an external link and add a link that way - but wanted to know if there was a way to more specifically identify a local page.

Thanks,

uswebdesigner
 
Job replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
Job
Hi uswebdesigner

This just cropped up with a client of mine.

On the sitemap, click the icon of the page that you want under another heading, and drag it where you want a duplicate making. This will pop up a window asking if you want to Move, Alias or Copy it.

Select "Alias".

Now the changes will be made in a single place, but the page will be displayed in 2 places.

Hope this helps. If it does, be sure to mark it as an answer!

Job.
uswebdesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
uswebdesigner
Thanks Jon. That did answer part of the question, as I could not find a way to make an alias. So yes, thanks.

Problem in this case is that it seems I am not allowed to add a page under itself - I get the following notice:

"You may not move/copy/alias the chosen page(s) to that location."

So I will leave this question out there a little longer in case someone kicks in a solution to that. Otherwise, happy to mark your answer as it was helpful.
Job replied on at Permalink Reply
Job
Job* not Jon :-P.

To the best of my knowledge, you can't alias a page under itself, certainly not through the sitemap interface anyway.

It might be possible through code, but that's a very long-winded way to manage your site structure, especially if you ever have to change it.

I'd suggest either using a stack to manage the content, and having that stack on the 2 pages ( but they'd be different pages ), or restructuring your site map.

Hope this helps.

Job.
uswebdesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
uswebdesigner
Thanks Job.

I think creating an "external link" is the best way to go. Knowing how the alias funciton works, and that it does not fit my need, seems to rule out what I was hoping for as a better solution to the external link. No big deal. that will work fine, not optimally, but fine.
Job replied on at Permalink Reply
Job
Just a tip to remember. By using external links, if your page URL changes, you'll need to update your external link also, otherwise it'll point to a 404.
uswebdesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
uswebdesigner
Thanks. That is really the reason I wanted to find a better way to do it, but in this case there likely will not be moved pages.

Thanks though.
mattelo replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi

Thanks for this. It is exactly what I need. There is just one
problem. How can I removed the alias from my NAV. There is not a property link to do so.
Job replied on at Permalink Reply
Job
Why would you want a second alias of a page which isn't in the nav?