Alex,

I'm using v7.5.11 and I'm just using the default Fanoe starter kit, so there really isn't anything custom about this site yet this is all out of the box. I was just trying to create the menu when I ran into this problem.

Nicholas,

I appreciate your reply. Would you mind walking me through your implementation of Archetype. I have it installed in my Umbraco and have used the JSON configuration shown in the link you provided, but I'm not seeing how you would implement these menus once you configured them in Archetype? Hopefully that makes sense, if not let me know and I'll try and re-explain what I'm looking for.

Hi Nicholas, I'm trying to do the same as Cory Colt but I'm having some trouble connecting the dots. :-( Also I'm using an older version (7.3.1) of Umbraco. Could you please explain in a more step-by-step way how I ad an external link item to my nav menu. I also using the Default Fanoe Starter kit. Thanks!

Just a heads up, I am preoccupied and won't be able to answer this for about a week.

If somebody else wants to jump in in the meantime to answer this, that would be awesome.

Hi Gert.

You could just create a page in the content tree that has a property for the page url.

Create a doc type called Redirect Page.

Add a property called umbracoRedirect for the url.

In the Redirect Page Template add the following.

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage<ContentModels.RedirectPage>
@using ContentModels = Umbraco.Web.PublishedContentModels;
@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";
}
@{
    if(@CurrentPage.umbracoRedirect != "") {
        Response.Redirect(@CurrentPage.umbracoRedirect);
    }
}