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    Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 6 months ago
    • I need to setup a menu item in Joomla to point to a UNC path. if i open a browser and type the UNC path into the url input it opens up the unc path just fine \\server\share\ but if i put this as an external link in Joomla joomla changes the UNC path to sitedomain.com///server/share .

      How can i get Joomla to accept the link as i typed it without adding the https:// stuff to it ?
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    Re: Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 5 months ago
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    Re: Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 5 months ago
    • Thank you so much for your reply but the links you gave have nothing to do with what i am looking for :(

      they refer to using Joomla on a windows box and setting unc paths for that.

      I dont care about the server and its configurations or paths etc the UNC link i am referring to is on the website it self. ie if i want to have my users on my intranet have a menu link on the joomla site that would open another browser window pointing to a UNC path and not assume that i want to point to a web address then how would i do this. I know the browser supports this because i can type the UNC path in the url input and it works fine. but if i put it as an external link in Joomla it spends https://domain in front of it ..........

      How do i get it to accept the link exactly as i typed it.

      Thanks again....
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    Re: Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 5 months ago
    • Sorry, I can see how those links could be confusing. If there is a clean way to accomplish what you want with Joomla, I'm not familiar with it. The only way I can think to modify behavior is to alter how the web server writes the path or change the way Joomla asks the web server to write the path (perhaps through a core hack or .htaccess modification?).

      There are many threads on Joomla.org with users discussing how to do this with both methods I mentioned. The example I posted links to were what looked like the simplest method I could find, although what will work for you depends on which web server software your host uses.
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    Re: Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 5 months ago
    • Apache running on linux and it does not require UNC paths that would be for a windows server

      So Ben you must be the smartest person on the forums because you are the only one to answer :shock:
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    Re: Only someone very clever will be able to help..

    Posted 12 years 3 months ago
    • Well nobody has a clue what i am talking about LOL thats ok if i ever find a solution i will come back and post here.
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