diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 76d482c687aa83b2a59193cde3c88dbc325d880f..39d9a876553191b068386d92e7a5a56a6b0bd705 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: airGRteaching
 Type: Package
 Title: Teaching Hydrological Modelling with the GR Rainfall-Runoff Models ('Shiny' Interface Included)
-Version: 0.2.9.23
-Date: 2020-03-29
+Version: 0.2.9.24
+Date: 2020-03-30
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Olivier", "Delaigue", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7668-8468"), email = "airGR@inrae.fr"),
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1503-6204")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 11ce8008cd44bc814699e3239aa2601da70fdf4a..90ce27fd12f74d9330656f0777997fd9ecaa3561 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 
-### 0.2.9.23 Release Notes (2020-03-29)
+### 0.2.9.24 Release Notes (2020-03-30)
 
 
 #### New features
diff --git a/inst/ShinyGR/ui.R b/inst/ShinyGR/ui.R
index 283d5400ae0af3e557ad4ed50d3b93bafcfbfe39..613811153f13f7f8af061665591f6b27447960e2 100644
--- a/inst/ShinyGR/ui.R
+++ b/inst/ShinyGR/ui.R
@@ -204,20 +204,22 @@ navbarPage(title       = div("airGRteaching",
            ),
            navbarMenu(title = "Help",
                       icon  = icon("question-circle"),
-                      tabPanel(title = " Get started",
-                               icon = icon("cog"),
+                      tabPanel(title = "Get started",
+                               icon = icon("cog", lib = "glyphicon"),
                                fluidRow(column(width = 12, includeMarkdown("www/tab_fun.md")))
-                      ),
-                      tabPanel(title = "GUI help",
+                      ), 
+                      #! horrible code to avoid fake item when a tabpanel contains an external hyperlink
+                      #! (cf.https://gitlab.irstea.fr/HYCAR-Hydro/airgrteaching/-/issues/11)
+                      tabPanel(title = HTML("GUI help
+                                            </a></li><li><a href='https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=airGRteaching'   , target = '_blank', rel = 'noopener noreferrer'><i class='fab fa-r-project'></i>&nbsp;CRAN
+                                            </a></li><li><a href='https://hydrogr.github.io/airGRteaching/'           , target = '_blank', rel = 'noopener noreferrer'><i class='fas fa-at'></i>&nbsp;Website
+                                            </a></li><li><a href='https://gitlab.irstea.fr/HYCAR-Hydro/airgrteaching/', target = '_blank', rel = 'noopener noreferrer'><i class='fab fa-gitlab'></i>&nbsp;GitLab"),
                                icon = icon("question"),
                                fluidRow(column(width = 12, a(href = "https://hydrogr.github.io/airGRteaching/fig/airGRteaching_ShinyUi_description.png", target = "_blank", rel = "noopener noreferrer",
                                                     img(src = "https://hydrogr.github.io/airGRteaching/fig/airGRteaching_ShinyUi_description.png", height = "770px",
                                                         alt = "If the image does not appear, click on this link.",
                                                         title = "Click to open in a new window")))),
                       ),
-                      tabPanel(title = a(icon("r-project"), "CRAN"   , href = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=airGRteaching"   , target = "_blank", rel = "noopener noreferrer")),
-                      tabPanel(title = a(icon("at")       , "Website", href = "https://hydrogr.github.io/airGRteaching/"           , target = "_blank", rel = "noopener noreferrer")),
-                      tabPanel(title = a(icon("gitlab")   , "GitLab" , href = "https://gitlab.irstea.fr/HYCAR-Hydro/airgrteaching/", target = "_blank", rel = "noopener noreferrer")),
                       tabPanel(title = "About",
                                icon  = icon("navicon"),
                                fluidRow(column(width = 6, includeMarkdown("www/tab_about.md")),