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Thanks to you both for your very helpful answers!<br />
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Regards,<br />
Jonathan
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Thanks to you both for your very helpful answers!

Regards,
Jonathan

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I'm looking to understand the Joomla account activation string. It ends with 'menuid' and 'Itemid' numbers. But I've played with these, and they don't seem to do anything. I was hoping that changing these would enable me to land the activating user on whatever page I wanted, but this doesn't seem to be the case.<br />
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Here's an example:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29073003-1">https://site.com/component/users/?task=registration.activate&amp;token=d0f0b518c5597e26c4bba17cf5fce984&amp;menuid=319&amp;Itemid=256</code></pre>
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What is the purpose of the 'menuid' and 'Itemid' numbers in the Joomla activation link query string?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Jonathan
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I'm looking to understand the Joomla account activation string. It ends with 'menuid' and 'Itemid' numbers. But I've played with these, and they don't seem to do anything. I was hoping that changing these would enable me to land the activating user on whatever page I wanted, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Here's an example:

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What is the purpose of the 'menuid' and 'Itemid' numbers in the Joomla activation link query string?

Thanks,
Jonathan

Joomla account activation string

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