I have added few custom external links to my menu and they all link to 1 website but with a few subfolders, so the urls look pretty much like this:
website.co.uk/web1/web2/web3/folder1\folder2\folder3
It does not seem to work for me as wordpress changes my site url every time when I click on it to something like this:
website.co.uk/web1/web2/web3/folder1folder2folder3
(so it removes back slashes from the url)
Of course the website opens but there is no content because such a folder does not exist.
Does anyone know a solution to this little problem?
I have added few custom external links to my menu and they all link to 1 website but with a few subfolders, so the urls look pretty much like this:
website.co.uk/web1/web2/web3/folder1\folder2\folder3
It does not seem to work for me as wordpress changes my site url every time when I click on it to something like this:
website.co.uk/web1/web2/web3/folder1folder2folder3
(so it removes back slashes from the url)
Of course the website opens but there is no content because such a folder does not exist.
Does anyone know a solution to this little problem?
Share Improve this question edited Jan 15, 2019 at 15:47 fuxia♦ 107k39 gold badges255 silver badges461 bronze badges asked Jan 15, 2019 at 15:44 Edyta KucińskaEdyta Kucińska 111 bronze badge 2- I've never seen a website with backwards slashes. Did you try using all forward slashes? – WebElaine Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 16:05
- Yes. I did try that and it link to the website but it does not show any content. I figured this is down to the website providers (we bought CAFM solution from that company) so I backed the question to them. Thanks a lot! – Edyta Kucińska Commented Jan 16, 2019 at 9:10
1 Answer
Reset to default 0Backslashes (\) are not usually used in URL addresses, so WordPress tries to fix it to correct URL.
I’m almost certain that you should use slashes (/) instead:
http://website.co.uk/web1/web2/web3/folder1/folder2/folder3
Then it should all work correctly.