[TYPO3-english] Active Link in Menu When Viewing Home Page

[Jan Bednarik]

Hi Chanda,

the way I do it that I create shortcut to the root page labeled Home, so 
it would appear in the menu. Then to make it active on the homepage, I add

alwaysActivePid = XXX

to the definition of the menu. And then I add template on next level, 
where I remove it

alwaysActivePid >

It may not be the best way, but it works. Maybe someone will come up 
with something better.

Regards

Jan

Dne 1.8.2012 5:50, ChandaCole napsal(a):
>
> Hello,
> I am just getting started in Typo3 with my first site and am looking for
> some help on what I hope is a fairly simple issue.
>
>  From what I can tell, the site root is not included in my top-level menu,
> only those pages below it in the page tree are displayed.  While I
> understand that having a 'Home' link in the menu is not as common these days
> as it used to be, and that most users know clicking the site name/logo will
> navigate back to the home page, I would still like to have a Home link.
> This is primarily due to the skin that I am using and the fact that the
> active menu link adds a nice element of color that I want users to see on
> the home page just as they will on the remaining pages.
>
> So, while I can find the TS code that appears to configure the menu, I am
> not sure what to do from this point.  My initial thought was to create a
> shortcut page titled 'Home' which would direct users back to the site root -
> this works, but the link never shows as active in the menu.  So, is there a
> way to force a link to be shown as the active link, based on the page that
> is displayed?  In other words, can I configure the menu to show the 'Home'
> link as active when the user is viewing the site root page?
>
> I thought I'd run across something here in the second comment down (dated
> 3/29/06):
> http://diaryproducts.net/about/cms/typo3/canonical_home_page_split_site_root
> --- but when I try to add the suggested code to my typoscript.ts file within
> the globalMenu section it doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> It is quite possible that I am just missing something simple as I'm very new
> to Typo3 and still have an enormous amount to learn.  Or maybe there is a
> better way to try to do this?  Any help is much appreciated!
>
> Chanda
>