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How Do I display a Parent Link with Wayfinder?

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    MarkG Reply #1, 10 years, 5 months ago
    My call displays the name of the parent but not the link.

    How do I make the title clickable?

    Thanks

    <h2>[[Wayfinder? &startId=`307` &level=`2`&displayStart=`true`]]</h2>


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      Nir Zohar Reply #2, 10 years, 5 months ago
      You need to create a startItemTpl, the default is does not have a link.
      You can use something like this (from the docs):
      <h2 class="menustart"><a href="[+wf.link+]">[+wf.linktext+]</a></h2>[+wf.wrapper+]

      and then in your wayfinder call:
      [[Wayfinder? &startId=`307` &level=`2`&displayStart=`true` &startItemTpl=`yourStartItemTpl`]]
      • sottwell Reply #3, 10 years, 5 months ago
        You'll also need to modify the outerTpl, since that is the one that starts the <ul> tags. So start the <ul> tag in the startItemTpl, and for the outerTpl just use
        [[+wf.wrapper]]
</ul>
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          MarkG Reply #4, 10 years, 5 months ago
          OK tried that, only half worked.

          I got an output of

          [+wf.linktext+]

          [+wf.wrapper+]

          How do I make it show the actual link and correct title?

          Thanks

          I think did pretty much exactly what you both said above, although I'm no Wayfinder expert.

          startItemTpl
          <h2 class="menustart"><a href="[+wf.link+]">[+wf.linktext+]</a></h2><ul>[+wf.wrapper+]


          Outer
          [[+wf.wrapper]]
</ul>


          Call
          [[Wayfinder? &startId=`307` &level=`2`&displayStart=`true` &startItemTpl=`StartItemTpl`]]


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          • sottwell Reply #5, 10 years, 5 months ago
            Are you using Revo or Evo?
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              MarkG Reply #6, 10 years, 5 months ago
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                Nir Zohar Reply #7, 10 years, 5 months ago
                Sorry, the startItemTpl should be:
                <h2 class="menustart"><a href="[[+wf.link]]">[[+wf.linktext]]</a></h2>[[+wf.wrapper]]
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                  MarkG Reply #8, 10 years, 5 months ago
                  Ok, that worked,

                  Here's the final setup

                  <div>[[Wayfinder? &startId=`307` &level=`2`&displayStart=`true` &startItemTpl=`StartItemTpl`]]</div>


                  <h2 class="menustart"><a href="[[+wf.link]]">[[+wf.linktext]]</a></h2><ul>[[+wf.wrapper]]


                  [[+wf.wrapper]]
</ul>


                  Thanks
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                  • sottwell Reply #9, 10 years, 5 months ago
                    If you don't want the start item to be part of the main menu, then ignore that about the outerTpl. That's only if you want the startItem to actually be part of the main menu.

                    If you want the startItem to be part of the main menu, the startItemTpl would look like this:
                    <ul>
<li [[+wf.classes]]><a href="[[+wf.link]]">[[+wf.linktext]]</a></li>
[+wf.wrapper+]

                    and the outerTpl would be
                    [[+wf.wrapper]]
</ul>

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