How to Set Condition If a Link with an Anchor Exists

[OctoCog]

I’m trying to set a condition on a navigation link where if the permalink with the anchor does not exist, do not show it.

I set it up as:

{{dc:post:permalink depth=“0”}}#_other_resources is not _____________________________

But it’s still showing up in the navigation even though that anchor does not exist on that page. Any help would be appreciated.

[tristup]

Hi @OctoCog,

Thanks for reaching out.
It is not very clear what exactly you are trying here. Can you please give an example or share any page where you have added such a condition? I would also request you please provide login credentials for your site in a secure note to examine it further, including:

– WordPress Site URL & Login URL
– WordPress Admin username/password
– Specific page and section where this condition is added

To create a secure note, click the key icon underneath any of your posts.

Thanks

[OctoCog]

Hi @tristup

Thank you for your help. I’ve added a secure note to this post. I’ll give you an example below:

1. Go to https://bootstrapfostg.wpenginepowered.com
2. Hover over Curriculum in the main navigation
3. Hover over the link Physics, you will see a flyout menu that goes to anchor links of the parent navigation page (in this case Physics). The problem is that the link “Other Resources” should not appear because that anchor (#_other_resources) does not exist on the Physics page.

I have created a Component called Curriculum Dropdown Module. There you will see how I set up the flyout menu.

I tried to set up a Condition on the Other Resources button where if the URL {{dc:post:permalink depth=“0”}}#_other_resources is not empty make it visible. But this did not work.

[Ismael]

Thank you for the update. Unfortunately, there is no condition to check for URL hash but you can check for URL parameter. Something like this should work:

yes > is > {{ url.param({"key":"other_sources"}) | default('test') }}

The element should display if the “other_sources” parameter is set to “yes”, or if the URL looks something like this**: https://site.com/page/path?other_sources=yes**

Let us know if you need more info.

Best regards,
Themeco

[OctoCog]

@Ismael Thank you for your help. I just set the condition to what you specified, but all the Other Resources links have now disappeared even though there are some pages that do have the #_other_resources anchor.

You can see this on the staging site I gave you access to.

[nabeel]

Hey @OctoCog,

I believe the condition should be {{ url.param({"key":"other_resources"}) | default('test') }} instead of {{ url.param({"key":"other_sources"}) | default('test') }} I checked your setup and I see you’ve other_sources as a key which doesn’t exist in your case.

Let us know how it goes!

[OctoCog]

@nabeel Thank you for your assistance. I modified the link condition so that it says

yes is {{ url.param({“key”:“other_resources”}) | default(‘test’) }}

All the Other Resources links have dissapeared now even though some of the posts do have the Other Resources anchor (#_other_resources)

An example of this can be seen on the Curriculum > Algebra flyout. The Other Resources link should be visible in the flyout because https://bootstrapfostg.wpenginepowered.com/materials/spring-2025/lessons/algebra-pyret/#_other_resources does exist.

Just so it’s clear the Lessons and Projects link in the flyout is the base link in the example above it is https://bootstrapfostg.wpenginepowered.com/materials/spring-2025/lessons/algebra-pyret. The Other Resources is the same link plus the anchor https://bootstrapfostg.wpenginepowered.com/materials/spring-2025/lessons/algebra-pyret/#_other_resources

[christian]

Hey @OctoCog,

My colleague @Ismael has mentioned that

@Ismael

Unfortunately, there is no condition to check for URL hash

You’re URL should be something like

@Ismael

https://site.com/page/path?other_sources=yes

NOT

@OctoCog

https://bootstrapfostg.wpenginepowered.com/materials/spring-2025/lessons/algebra-pyret/ #_other_resources

If that cannot be changed, regretfully, there is no solution for what you need other than custom coding a script which is beyond the scope of our theme support.

We have a service called One support where we can look at creating a custom Javascript to get the hash in the URL.

[OctoCog]

@christian I understand what you are saying. I’m going to have to see if this is something we can build into the posts to look for. Thank you!

[OctoCog]

@christian It looks like only a singular material has this issue. I’m going to exclude the Standard Alignments and Other Resources from appearing on this singular material and it should work.

Thank you for your assistance.

[christian]

Glad to hear that @OctoCog