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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › Broken links issue using Simple Edits for footer nav menu

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Tagged: broken links, footer nav menu, simple edits

  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 7 months ago by professorz.
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  • October 19, 2014 at 1:39 pm #128262
    professorz
    Member

    Hello,

    I am using the Simple Edits plugin to modify the footer text on the following site:

    http://westsidetutoring.com/

    This is the code I have entered in the Footer Output section:

    <div align="center">
    <p>ABOUT WTTS | GETTING STARTED | ACADEMIC TUTORING | AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION | COLLEGE ADMISSIONS | LEARNING DIFFICULTIES | TEST PREPARATION | TESTIMONIALS | CONTACT US</p>
    <p>©Westside Tutoring & Testing Services</p>
    <p>Return to the Top | Website Design by Creative Options Media</p></div>

    My problem is this: if you are on the home page and hover over the menu links at the bottom, they all display correctly. However, if you click on a link and go to that page, when you hover over the bottom menu again, the links display the page you are on followed by the link for the page you are hovering over and those are non-existent URLs.

    Consequently, Alexa is showing I have numerous broken links and that's not good.

    Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it? Please be as specific as possible as I am not a coder.

    Thank you in advance,
    Jack

    http://westsidetutoring.com/
    October 20, 2014 at 7:48 am #128395
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Please paste your code into a Github Gist and embed or link to it from here.

    Otherwise, you may find this tutorial useful

    I think its better to use code rather than the plugin.


    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

    October 20, 2014 at 10:23 am #128446
    professorz
    Member

    Hi Brad,

    Here is the link to the Gist; https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e8027dac72cb4761f078

    I have used the Simple Edits plugin on other sites and double checked to see if the same thing was happening with them - it is not.

    Again, links are fine from home page but not on other pages.

    Thanks for the help.

    October 20, 2014 at 11:06 am #128454
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Better to deactivate the plugin and use this code.


    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

    October 20, 2014 at 6:10 pm #128514
    professorz
    Member

    Thanks Brad. I deactivated the Simple Edits plugin and added the code to the functions.php file, but still seem to be having the same issue.

    From the home page, if I hover over College Admissions, I get: http://westsidetutoring.com/college-admissions

    However, if I am on another page, say Academic Tutoring, and hover over College Admissions, i get: http://westsidetutoring.com/academic-tutoring/college-admissions

    October 22, 2014 at 7:05 pm #128801
    professorz
    Member

    Hey Brad,

    I believe I have resolved my problem. I went with the Footer Putter plugin and I am no longer having the issue of erroneous links being created.

    Thanks for all your help,
    Jack

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