organize pages in sub-levels, but keep root URLs

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I want a dropdown menu using the autonav, but I want all the article links to be in the root.

So the site map is like:

/italian foods/pizza-vegetarian
/italian foods/pasta-with-meat
/american foods/rib-eye-stake
/american foods/hamburger-with-cheese

This will be the autonav, BUT clicking on an article takes you to:

/hamburger-with-cheese
/pasta-with-meat

I have set my "additional page URL(s)" underneath "Canonical URL", so how do I use that additional url as my prime & ONLY url?

 
scriptdude replied on at Permalink Reply
I found an answer, and it's extremely simpel, yet very effective.

Make your "folders" with External Links.

Name: "Italian Foods"
url: javascript:void(0)

Then Create a page in the root (under home) and drag it under the external link.

You now have categories in your autonav, but completely SEO friendly root URLs