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[asinine31 Friend asinine31Join date: December 2011Posts: 5Downloads:11Uploads:1 Thanks: 2]

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How do I add/create a URL field into the article Title, similar to what you can do in Menu Manager. I want to provide an option allowing the actual article Title to become just a link to an outside source.

Thanks,

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<em>@asinine31 292537 wrote:</em><blockquote>How do I add/create a URL field into the article Title, similar to what you can do in Menu Manager. I want to provide an option allowing the actual article Title to become just a link to an outside source.

Thanks,</blockquote>

I don’t think that you can link the titles directly to an external URL – as the “Title Linkable” setting (in the “Advanced” parameters) refers to a link to the full article (in the case of a “read more” link).

What I would do in this case is to switch off the titles, and then set up my own page titles in “<h1>” tags at the head of the article, and then create this as a standard link. Then there are no limitations as to how you can link it (be it an internal or an external link).

Hope this helps.

[asinine31 Friend asinine31Join date: December 2011Posts: 5Downloads:11Uploads:1 Thanks: 2]

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Tom thank you for your response. I am still trying to figure this out. I see how you can hide article titles but when I select hide it still shows the article title. In addition I am very new at this and do not understand the second part of your answer which looks like a great work around. If you could explain this or login and show me I would appreciate it. I simply want to do what drudgereport.com does which is aggregate headlines that link to external sites.

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