About link

app/controllers/about_controller.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-# The controller for actions related to the about pages
 class AboutController < ApplicationController
-
+  before_action :check_external_link, only: [:tess, :registering, :learning_paths, :developers, :us]
   skip_before_action :authenticate_user!, :authenticate_user_from_token!
-
-  def tess
-  end
 
-  def us
+  def tess
   end
 
   def registering
@@ -18,4 +14,18 @@ def learning_paths
   def developers
   end
 
+  def us
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def check_external_link
+    if TeSS::Config.site['about_us_link'].present?
+      action_name_map = { 
+        'tess' => '/', 'registering' => '/content/intro-content/', 
+        'learning_paths' => '/content/learning-paths/', 'developers' => '/developers/code-data/', 'us' => '/overview/about' 
+      }
+      redirect_to "#{TeSS::Config.site['about_us_link']}#{action_name_map[action_name]}", allow_other_host: true
+    end
+  end
 end

app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
         <%= menu_group(pull: 'right') do %>
           <% main_tabs.each do |t| %>
-            <%= menu_item t("features.#{t[:feature]}.short"), t[:link] %>
+            <%= menu_item t("features.#{t[:feature]}.short"), t[:link], (TeSS::Config.site['about_us_link'].present? ? { target: '_blank' } : {}) %>
           <% end %>
 
           <% if directory_tabs.present? %>

config/tess.example.yml

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ default: &default
     directory_tabs: ['trainers', 'content_providers', 'nodes', 'spaces']
     # The order in with the 'about us' tabs appear
     about_us_tab_order: ['tess_club', 'contact', 'team', 'funding', 'acknowledgements', 'cite']
+    about_us_link: https://elixirtess.github.io/docs # no / at the end
     n_provider_ids: 5
     calendar_event_maxlength: 5
     content_provider_grid_long: true # true for full width in grid, false for short

test/config/test_tess.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ default: &default
     repository: ''
     supported_by: 'elixir_supported_by'
     widget_example: 'elixir_widget_example'
+    about_us_link:
     gmaps_api_key: ''
   mailer:
     delivery_method: test