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[Chantelle Goldstraw Friend Chantelle GoldstrawJoin date: September 2014Posts: 67Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 13 Thanked: 5 times in 1 posts]

#137856

How do I find the URL of a published article without it being visable from the website front end?

is this even possible to have a live page that is hidden?

Example use.

I have a comparison table with a click here button. I want to direct users to the hidden article containing more info but only want them to access this via the afor mentione dlink????

Can anybody shed any light on this for me. Thanks.

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#289923

Hi telbino

Why not create a section/category for ‘hidden’ articles that are not in any menu?

Then just copy the URL for your button.

This is how I do it!

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1. Chantelle Goldstraw

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#289924

Brill but how do I find the URL to this without linking to it directly so it is visbale on teh website and I can see the URL in the browser?

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#289926

You can just publish your article, and then just point to the ID number:

Do this like
www.mysitehere.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10

Then just change the ID number to your article ID numer and it will show your article without it being in any menu.

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1. Chantelle Goldstraw

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#289927

Just change the article ID number, you can find this in the list in article manger:

http://www.britishlionfoodstore.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1008

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#289928

Doh!

bennitos beat me too it whilst I was typing! :-[

😀

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1. Chantelle Goldstraw

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#289929

<em>@questbg 110337 wrote:</em><blockquote>Doh!

bennitos beat me too it whilst I was typing! :-[

:D</blockquote>

sorry dude :p

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1. Chantelle Goldstraw

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#289932

Thanks to you all LOL! That was turbo fast replies and very Very helpful… I should have thought iof this DOH! agains many thanks I will get it sorted.

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#289934

Hi telbino

<em>@telbino 110342 wrote:</em><blockquote>Thanks to you all LOL! That was turbo fast replies
</blockquote>

Glad we could help, although I wasn’t quite as ‘turbo fast’ as bennitos 😀

<em>@telbino 110342 wrote:</em><blockquote>I should have thought iof this DOH!
</blockquote>

Don’t worry about that, the only reason I knew the answer was because I asked the same question!

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#289945

These guys are turbos for sure. Great answers. I’m also not so used to working with article IDs and will start using it more. It makes things easier.

Maybe this thread can be marked Answered?

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