link target missing from appearance/menu

Works for me:

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Check “open link in new tab”.

Hello Steve,

thank you for your reply. I don’t want to open the link in a new tab, I want the link to open on the same page underneath the menu. this seems to happen by default for sample pages; but for custom URL links, the default seems to be replacing the entire page with the new page. that’s why I’m wanting to use the “link target” to specify the same window / tab.

thoughts?

Links open a new page, either on the current tab/window or in a new tab/window.

What are you trying to link to? Your own site? Another site? I think I’m missing something.

if I have a page I’ve designed myself outside of wp, I’m just trying to show that page embedded in my wp site.

as an example, if I wanted to have the below page showing seemlessly in my wp site, I’d envision the top part of the page showing the header and wp menu while the part below that would show my page. in that way, I could simply click another menu item to change what a viewer is looking at without having to use the back tab to go back to wp.

simplistically, this is what happens when I use a “sample page” vs a “custom link”. the “sample page” just shows up embedded in the wp site with the top header and menu system preserved.

hopefully, I’ve done a better job of explaining what I’m trying to do.

an example of my page is below.

https://themeinerts.com/MeinertWebPage/mn_bio_jam.htm

you’d need to iframe those pages in and probably use a jQuery script to change the contents of the iframe based on something in the menu. It’s a lousy bit of user experience (UX), but that’s how I think you’d have to do it.

So you’re going to ask, “OK, show how do I do that?”. Dunno. ??

These might give you some clues:
https://www.google.com/search?q=modify+iframe+content+jquery+wordpress
https://www.google.com/search?q=modify+iframe+content+javascript+wordpress

Steve,

thank you for your response. simplistically, you’re saying that a custom URL link will not and cannot show up embedded in wp without some programming. while not resolved from my standpoint, I understand the answer and will consider this closed.

I do appreciate the links, and will take a look and see what they offer. you’ve given me some pointers in the correct direction – so I’m very appreciative.

thank you.

What you could do is write some shortcodes that pull in those pages and embed them on pages on your site, so your /pageabc would have a shortcode like [contents-from url=”https://othersite/pageabc.php”%5D

I’ve done that sort of thing in analogous situations.

Steve,

wow – brilliant. this worked perfectly!!!!

thank you very much!