This assumes you need to create a menu link to a website or webpage that isn’t part of your site. A common use would be to link to a Facebook page, or your WordPress blog.
You can also use the URL menu link to a shopping cart search result. Link to Search Results
Create a menu link to a URL – (another site, Facebook, or your blog):
1) Open the Main Menu editor
note: do not select “Menu Manager”… select “mainmenu”
2) Select New (top right corner of page)
3) Clickt to select the link type. Choose “Link-Url” in the lower left.
4) Fill out the Link Details:
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Name (a short, accurate name is best)
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Link (including http://) – copy the URL of the page to link to, and paste it here.
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On Click, Open in: (Most URL links should be “New Window with Browser“). note: if you are linking to a page within your site, select “Parent Window”… if you are linking to pages outside your site, select “New Window with Browser”.
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Parent Item (if you want the menu link to be a drop-menu item under another main menu link, select the existing link as the parent)
5) Click Save (top right corner of page)
