Custom field of URL is adding the site page to the link URL meaning it is broken

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Last updated by Jamal 3 years, 5 months ago.

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June 28, 2021 at 11:16 am #2101255

paulV-8

I have a custom field that is used on a custom post form to capture social media pages and website addresses.

When the URL is output on the front end via a custom layout it adds the page URL to the beginning for example:

User adds: hidden link

The link on the front end outputs as: hidden link

Obviously this link will not work.

June 28, 2021 at 2:25 pm #2101371

Jamal

Hello and thank you for contacting the Toolset support forum.

To better assist you with this issue, I'll need to take a closer look at the view or content template where this happens. Your next reply will be private to let you share credentials safely. Please take a database backup before sharing credentials.

If you cannot share credentials to your website, I'll create a new test site for you so you can reproduce the same issue on it, and I'll help find a solution for it.

June 28, 2021 at 8:43 pm #2101691

Jamal

Thank you for the credentials. The issue comes from the fact that the field values are not valid URLs. They do not contain the leading https:// or http://
I edited the post and added https:// to facebook URL and it fixed the issue.

If you want to enforce the validation of URL fields, you can activate it on the custom field definition.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have further questions.