[TYPO3-dev] link to external url behaviour (why not going directly external?)

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

stefano cecere wrote:
> since i had some problems with a "link to external url" menu (in a
> multilanguage, multidomain, reaurled site.. the links were not going
> "out" but always loaded the home page)
> 
> i was wandering: WHY shouldn't a "link to external URL" page have the
> extenal URL as direct link (instead of passing to it's typo3 ID page and
> then do the jump?

Because of the statistics. TYPO3 can gather number of visits to each page (see config.stat) and show them in BE. This way you will know how many people click on the external links. It is helpful for "exit" pages.

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Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 core team

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