adding external url option to close #14

Signed-off-by: Vanessa Sochat <[email protected]>

Author: vsoch

_docs/getting-started.md

@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ And here is an example with nested children (currently active in the example):
     url: "news"
 ```
 
+If you want to add an external url for a parent or child, do this:
+
+```yaml
+  - title: GitHub Repository
+    external_url: https://www.github.com/vsoch/mkdocs-jekyll
+```
+
 ### News Posts
 
 It might be the case that your site or group has news items that would

_includes/sidebar.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
     <div class="md-sidebar__inner">
       <nav class="md-nav md-nav--primary" data-md-level="0">
-        <label class="md-nav__title md-nav__title--site" for="__drawer"><span class="md-nav__button md-logo">{% if site.logo %}<img height="48" src="{{ site.url }}/{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ site.logo }}" width="48">{% else %}<i class="md-icon"></i>{% endif %}</span> {{ site.title }}</label>
+        <label class="md-nav__title md-nav__title--site" for="__drawer"><span class="md-nav__button md-logo">{% if site.logo %}<img height="48" src="{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ site.logo }}" width="48">{% else %}<i class="md-icon"></i>{% endif %}</span> {{ site.title }}</label>
         <div class="md-nav__source">
           <a class="md-source" data-md-source="github" href="{{ site.repo }}" title="Go to repository">
           <div class="md-source__icon">
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
               <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix="">
                 {% for section in site.data.toc %}
                 <li class="md-nav__item">
-                  <a class="md-nav__link" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}"
+                  <a class="md-nav__link" href="{% if section.external_url %}{{ section.external_url }}{% else %}{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}{% endif %}"
                      id="pancakes-{{ section.title | slugify }}" 
                      title="{{ section.title }}">{{ section.title }}</a>
                 </li>
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@
 
           <!-- This navigation is completely for mobile -->
           {% for section in site.data.toc %}<li class="md-nav__item mobile-nav" style="display:none">
-            <a class="md-nav__link" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}" title="{{ section.title }}">{{ section.title }}</a>
+            <a class="md-nav__link" href="{% if section.external_url %}{{ section.external_url }}{% else %}{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}{% endif %}" title="{{ section.title }}">{{ section.title }}</a>
           </li>{% endfor %}
 
           <!-- This navigation is completely for non mobile -->
          {% for section in site.data.toc %}
          <li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested not-mobile-nav">
-             <a class="md-nav__link pancakes-parent" {% if section.children %}href="#pancakes-{{ section.title | slugify }}"{% else %}href="{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}"{% endif %}
+             <a class="md-nav__link pancakes-parent" {% if section.children %}href="#pancakes-{{ section.title | slugify }}"{% else %}href="{% if section.external_url %}{{ section.external_url }}{% else %}{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ section.url }}{% endif %}"{% endif %}
                 id="pancakes-{{ section.title | slugify }}" 
                 title="{{ section.title }}">{{ section.title }}</a>
                 {% if section.children %}<nav class="md-nav">
                     <ul class="md-nav__list">
                         {% for child in section.children %}<li class="md-nav__item">
-                        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ child.url }}" 
+                        <a href="{% if child.external_url %}{{ child.external_url }}{% else %}{{ site.baseurl }}/{{ child.url }}{% endif %}" 
                            title="{{ child.title }}" style="display:none"
                            class="md-nav__link pancakes-child">{{ child.title }}</a>
                         </li>{% endfor %}