TYPO3 - Link to external URL redirect

Question

I'm using TYPO3 v6.2 and inside the footer I have links to my social networks :

As you can see, it is "Link to external URL".

Problem: TYPO3 creates new URL www.mycompany.com/twitter and then redirects to www.twitter.com/mycompany with a 303. How to avoid this behavior?

Answer 1

In 6.2 you need to do the immediate rendering in the menu by yourself:
For each page with type "external URL" (doktype == 3) you need to do a special handling.

NO {
    :
    your default configuration
    :
    // special handling for 'external URL' 
    doNotLinkIt = 1
    doNotLinkIt.if {
        equals.field = doktype
        value = 3
    }
    stdWrap.cObject = TEXT
    stdWrap.cObject {
        if {
            equals.field = doktype
            value = 3
        }
        field = navtitle // title
        typolink {
            parameter.field = url
            extTarget.field = target
        }
    }
}

If you also want special handling for shortcuts you better use a CASE object with key.field = doktype

NO {
    :
    std handling (wrap)
    : 

    // don't do the std link:
    doNotLinkIt = 1
    // but link it yourself:
    stdWrap.cObject = CASE
    stdWrap.cObject {
        key.field = doktype

        // normal pages:      
        default = TEXT
        default {
            field = navtitle // title
            typolink.parameter.field = uid
        }

        // shortcut
        4 < .default
        4.typolink.parameter.field = shortcut

        // external url
        3 < .default
        3.typolink.parameter.field = url
        3.typolink.extTarget.field = target
    }
}