Mapping aliases to menu items when having multiple aliases
I'm looking for a way to create a module that allows you to map which url alias you want to associate with a specific menu entry when you have more than one alias associated with a system path. I've investigated this and cannot seem to find a way to implement it. The path module lets you create multiple url aliases for a node. The paths some-path and other-path can both be pointed to node/1. When someone creates a menu item and uses some-path to create it it's converted to node/1 and it is that path that is stored in the menu_links table. Then, in the case of the blocks generated by the menu module links are rendered through theme_menu_item_link() which calls l() which uses the first alias it finds and for the primary/secondary menu it's usualy theme('links', array()) which also results in a call to l(). In the former theme function you have access to the mlid but in the latter you haven't. This means there is no sane way to accomplish the functionality I want, I think. Does anyone have suggestions to accomplish this? The reason I want this is that I want to store context in the url alias, eg. context1/about and context2/about which point to the same node. This allows showing different blocks when navigating through a specific context. Maybe there is another way to achieve this? Note: I'm aware of duplicate content issues etc.
Quoting Olivier Jacquet <ojacquet@jax.be>:
I'm looking for a way to create a module that allows you to map which url alias you want to associate with a specific menu entry when you have more than one alias associated with a system path. I've investigated this and cannot seem to find a way to implement it.
The path module lets you create multiple url aliases for a node. The paths some-path and other-path can both be pointed to node/1. When someone creates a menu item and uses some-path to create it it's converted to node/1 and it is that path that is stored in the menu_links table.
Then, in the case of the blocks generated by the menu module links are rendered through theme_menu_item_link() which calls l() which uses the first alias it finds and for the primary/secondary menu it's usualy theme('links', array()) which also results in a call to l(). In the former theme function you have access to the mlid but in the latter you haven't. This means there is no sane way to accomplish the functionality I want, I think.
Does anyone have suggestions to accomplish this?
The reason I want this is that I want to store context in the url alias, eg. context1/about and context2/about which point to the same node. This allows showing different blocks when navigating through a specific context. Maybe there is another way to achieve this?
Note: I'm aware of duplicate content issues etc.
Have you seen http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_menu_link_alter? -- Earnie -- http://r-feed.com/ -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
Yes, I've seen hook_menu_link_alter() and it is only called on saving a menu link and the $item variable does not contain the path alias, only the system path. So you can't even use it to link the inputted path alias to the mlid. I'm unsure what it could be used for in my case... Earnie Boyd wrote, On 13/08/2009 14:50:
Quoting Olivier Jacquet <ojacquet@jax.be>:
I'm looking for a way to create a module that allows you to map which url alias you want to associate with a specific menu entry when you have more than one alias associated with a system path. I've investigated this and cannot seem to find a way to implement it.
The path module lets you create multiple url aliases for a node. The paths some-path and other-path can both be pointed to node/1. When someone creates a menu item and uses some-path to create it it's converted to node/1 and it is that path that is stored in the menu_links table.
Then, in the case of the blocks generated by the menu module links are rendered through theme_menu_item_link() which calls l() which uses the first alias it finds and for the primary/secondary menu it's usualy theme('links', array()) which also results in a call to l(). In the former theme function you have access to the mlid but in the latter you haven't. This means there is no sane way to accomplish the functionality I want, I think.
Does anyone have suggestions to accomplish this?
The reason I want this is that I want to store context in the url alias, eg. context1/about and context2/about which point to the same node. This allows showing different blocks when navigating through a specific context. Maybe there is another way to achieve this?
Note: I'm aware of duplicate content issues etc.
Have you seen http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_menu_link_alter?
-- Earnie -- http://r-feed.com/ -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
You might set up a View to a full node for the context. Olivier Jacquet wrote:
Yes, I've seen hook_menu_link_alter() and it is only called on saving a menu link and the $item variable does not contain the path alias, only the system path. So you can't even use it to link the inputted path alias to the mlid.
I'm unsure what it could be used for in my case...
Earnie Boyd wrote, On 13/08/2009 14:50:
Quoting Olivier Jacquet <ojacquet@jax.be>:
I'm looking for a way to create a module that allows you to map which url alias you want to associate with a specific menu entry when you have more than one alias associated with a system path. I've investigated this and cannot seem to find a way to implement it.
The path module lets you create multiple url aliases for a node. The paths some-path and other-path can both be pointed to node/1. When someone creates a menu item and uses some-path to create it it's converted to node/1 and it is that path that is stored in the menu_links table.
Then, in the case of the blocks generated by the menu module links are rendered through theme_menu_item_link() which calls l() which uses the first alias it finds and for the primary/secondary menu it's usualy theme('links', array()) which also results in a call to l(). In the former theme function you have access to the mlid but in the latter you haven't. This means there is no sane way to accomplish the functionality I want, I think.
Does anyone have suggestions to accomplish this?
The reason I want this is that I want to store context in the url alias, eg. context1/about and context2/about which point to the same node. This allows showing different blocks when navigating through a specific context. Maybe there is another way to achieve this?
Note: I'm aware of duplicate content issues etc.
Have you seen http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_menu_link_alter?
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Interesting approach and certainly a possibility. I've taken another route though. My example wasn't correct to illustrate the issue I was having. I should've used context1/about and context2/about in stead of some-path and other-path. Because in the former case the node can actually have only one alias and it is possible to add the context in other ways. At first I was writing my own module that adds a context with custom_url_rewrite_outbound() and strips it in hook_boot(). Then you can get the context by path_context_get() which you can use in the block visibility settings. That would completely solve my issue. Currently I'm trying to achieve that by using the purl api but the documentation is somewhat sparse. Aaron Winborn wrote, On 13/08/2009 15:29:
You might set up a View to a full node for the context.
Olivier Jacquet wrote:
Yes, I've seen hook_menu_link_alter() and it is only called on saving a menu link and the $item variable does not contain the path alias, only the system path. So you can't even use it to link the inputted path alias to the mlid.
I'm unsure what it could be used for in my case...
Earnie Boyd wrote, On 13/08/2009 14:50:
Quoting Olivier Jacquet <ojacquet@jax.be>:
I'm looking for a way to create a module that allows you to map which url alias you want to associate with a specific menu entry when you have more than one alias associated with a system path. I've investigated this and cannot seem to find a way to implement it.
The path module lets you create multiple url aliases for a node. The paths some-path and other-path can both be pointed to node/1. When someone creates a menu item and uses some-path to create it it's converted to node/1 and it is that path that is stored in the menu_links table.
Then, in the case of the blocks generated by the menu module links are rendered through theme_menu_item_link() which calls l() which uses the first alias it finds and for the primary/secondary menu it's usualy theme('links', array()) which also results in a call to l(). In the former theme function you have access to the mlid but in the latter you haven't. This means there is no sane way to accomplish the functionality I want, I think.
Does anyone have suggestions to accomplish this?
The reason I want this is that I want to store context in the url alias, eg. context1/about and context2/about which point to the same node. This allows showing different blocks when navigating through a specific context. Maybe there is another way to achieve this?
Note: I'm aware of duplicate content issues etc.
Have you seen http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_menu_link_alter?
-- Earnie -- http://r-feed.com/ -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
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