Magento – How to add external url link in Magento Admin menu

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I am working on a module where i created some menu in Magento admin using adminhtml.xml

Now i want to link one of the menu to an external url and set target="blank". But i not sure how to do it in adminhtml.xml. Here is my code.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <menu>
        <system>
            <children>
                <convert translate="title">
                    <children>
                        <importmagmi translate="title" module="importexport">
                            <title>MagMi Importer</title>
                            <action><url helper="https://externalurl.com /></action>
                            <sort_order>100</sort_order>
                        </importmagmi>
                    </children>
                </convert>
            </children>
        </system>
    </menu>
</config>

When i am checking its adding current domain name before external url.
ex: http://mydomainname.com/https://externalurl.com

I am wondering how to set only external URL?

Best Answer

Inside <action> tag you can put module/controller/action of your module.

Then create this action and put something like this:

public function locationAction()
{
    $this->_redirectUrl('http://www.example.com/');
}

See Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action::_redirectUrl for the standard redirect implementation in Magento controller actions.

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Magento – How to add suffix to URL link (/?currency=usd)

Why are you trying to do this? Magento reads the current currency from a cookie which is set when you use the currency switcher input at the top of the page. Look at the option value for each currency:

http://example.com/directory/currency/switch/currency/CAD/uenc/some_form_key/

See: https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-mirror/blob/5345da52778cc6f5f31938ffd21fccfdd353435c/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Store.php#L851

Seeing your comment, I think there could be a number of approaches here. Ultimately, you will need to call:

Mage::app()->getStore()->setCurrentCurrencyCode($code)

How you go about doing this is up to you. The problem I'm sure you're running into is that changing the visitor's currency requires a page reload to alter the cookie and those feed service crawlers I'm guessing just ignore the redirect.

You may need to create your own controller that will listen for a currency parameter, set the store's currency, and then load/render the layout making it effectively look like your normal product page. You should also be able to refine the request flow based on the feed service crawler's user agent (which I'm guessing would be unique to that service). That way when someone visits your custom controller, you can just redirect them to the default product page.

Alternatively, you could rewrite the product controller to handle this as well, which might be a little cleaner in this case but you may wish to keep this stuff separate from your normal product controller.

Magento 1.7 XML Layout – How to Add Admin Page New Menu and Sub Menu

It's Very simple Buddy. Follow the below steps to add a new Menu under System.

Step 1. I assume that you have already developed the module.

Step 2. Open your config.xml file.

Step 3. Search the below code.

<menu>
  <hidh module="hidh">
    <title>My Pets</title>
    <sort_order>100</sort_order>
    <children>
      <hidhbackend module="hidh">
        <title>Pet List</title>
        <sort_order>0</sort_order>
        <action>admin_hidh/adminhtml_hidhbackend </action>
      </hidhbackend>
    </children>
  </hidh>
</menu>

Step 4: Replace with below code.

<menu>
  <system module="adminhtml">   
    <sort_order>100</sort_order>
    <children>
      <hidhbackend module="hidh">
        <title>Pet List</title>
        <sort_order>0</sort_order>
        <action>admin_hidh/adminhtml_hidhbackend </action>
      </hidhbackend>
    </children>
  </system>
</menu>

Step 5: save file and refresh your backend.

let me know if you have any query.

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