From a59eb2f8967da997000f27b2cd714095ccb4881f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Obst <o.obst@westernsydney.edu.au>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 18:45:17 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] added support for external links in main menu

---
 layouts/index.html | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index d66bf9e..a3bf99f 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {{ $headless := .Site.GetPage "/homepage" }}
 {{ $sections := $headless.Resources.ByType "page" }}
 {{ $sections := cond .Site.BuildDrafts $sections (where $sections "Draft" "==" false) }}
+{{ $filtered := where $sections "Params.external" "==" nil }}
+
 <header id="site-head" {{ with .Params.header_image }}style="background-image: url({{ . }})"{{ end }}>
     <div class="vertical">
         <div id="site-head-content" class="inner">
@@ -10,7 +12,11 @@
             {{ with .Params.header_subheadline }}<h2 class="blog-description">{{ . }}</h2>{{ end }}
 
             {{ range where $sections ".Params.header_menu" "eq" true }}
+	      {{ if isset .Params "external" }}
+	         <a class='btn site-menu' href='{{ .Params.external  }}'>{{ .Title }}</a>
+	      {{ else }}
                  <a class='btn site-menu' data-title-anchor='{{ anchorize .Title }}'>{{ .Title }}</a>
+              {{ end }}
             {{ end }}
             <i id='header-arrow' class="fa fa-angle-down"></i>
         </div>
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <div class='fixed-nav'>
     </div>
-    {{ range $index_val, $elem_val := $sections }}
+    {{ range $index_val, $elem_val := $filtered }}
         <div class='post-holder'>
             <article id='{{ anchorize .Title }}' class='post {{ if eq $index_val 0 }}first{{ end }} {{ if eq (add $index_val 1) (len $sections) }}last{{ end }}'>
                 <header class="post-header">