I'm trying to setup a new joomla site (first one for me, it's very confusing).I have added a menu item, but the link that it is trying to go to is the alias, and that isn't resolving correctly (or at all really) to the link that I have for the menu item.Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
Joomla menu item will not work
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OK i am going to take you through a joomla tour, so sit back and enjoy.Joomla Manages modules and does all the magic work behind the scenes using Menu as the only parameter.Mastery of menu will give you a degree in Joomla![i donno if it has one]http://docs.joomla.org/What_are_the_different_Menu_Item_Types%3Fthe above link lists all the menu types available at your disposal.I suppose you wanted to link a menu item to an external URL?[did i get it right?] and here is some infoExternal LinkLets you link to an external site. There may be occasions where you also want to point to a link directly to a apage on your site.Here is what you need to do to create a menu link to Google.Step1: Login to backend, Menus -> MainMenu (star) click on it. Joomla needs a default mandatory menu and that's what the star indicates.Step2: Click New, Select External URL [below in the list]Step3: Type in the title. Title is the text that will be displayed visually for the menu item. Type Google  as titleStep4: Type in alias lets-google-that, Alias is magic that helps you in SEO. Alias is by default the title with space replaced by -. Alias is what appears in the address bar of the browser when you click the menu item[ here it is useless as it is external link].*Step5:*Publish it, set some primary parameter there you have itAll done, now go and find some people to click that link