Can't create external link with URL or text field.

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Last updated by Beda 6 years, 8 months ago.

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May 11, 2018 at 10:37 pm #878238

elliotT-3

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I am trying to: Create an external link in a post type that is displayed on the post page.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link

I expected to see: the link point to the desired website

Instead, I got: an internal link with the link I entered into the field appended on it. primetime.org is just an example link (to the old website)

May 11, 2018 at 10:38 pm #878265

elliotT-3

I tried solutions on this issues:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/custom-url-field-appends-url-to-site-url/
but am still getting an issue...

May 11, 2018 at 10:55 pm #878343

elliotT-3

I just figured out that this only happens when http(s):// isn't included... if it is, it works as expected. I'm not sure if this is regular wordpress behavior or toolset doing something.

May 12, 2018 at 1:10 pm #879004

Beda

As Luo explains, standard URL values begin with HTTP/S.

You should be able to solve this issue by crafting the Link manually and populating it with the raw value of the field.

You can as well validate the URL on input, so it will not even be saveable without HTTP/S.

However, I think the easiest solution is to make 100% sure you always use the same (with or without HTTP/S) and then output the raw value of your URL into an "a href" like this:

<a href="[types field='your-url-field' output='raw'][/types]">This is the Link text</a>