[Resolved] How to add links to the custom fields..

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[wayneB-2]

I am trying to add links to the custom fields so if something is clicked it eill pull the archives for that custom feild

example below...

Country: {!{types field='name-of-country'}!}{!{/types}!}  Starting Point:  {!{types field='starting-point'}!}{!{/types}!} Duration: {!{types field='duration'}!}{!{/types}!} Lifestyle: {!{types field='type-or-trail'}!}{!{/types}!}

Thanks

[Nigel]

Hi Wayne

Firstly, please note that you are posting in the Community Forum for users of the free Types plugin. As a Toolset customer you can and should post in the Technical Support forum which we prioritise and where you should receive speedier service.

The URL for archives typically looks like site.com/project/ (for a custom post type with a slug of project, for example).

You can construct links using Types custom fields as long as they output the post slug, like so:

<a href="[wpv-bloginfo show='url']/[types field='country-slug'][/types]/">Visit [types field='country-slug'][/types] archive</a>

That will only work for fields that output URL-friendly slugs (e.g. 'united-kingdom') and not plain text (e.g. "United Kingdom").

You could have separate fields on your posts for human-friendly and URL-friendly formats, or you could register a custom shortcode to output such fields where you set an attribute to specify is a string should be converted to a URL-friendly format (e.g. using the WP function sanitize_title to generate the URL-friendly version: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/sanitize_title).

You can read about registering your own shortcodes here: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes/

(Note that the examples you give are shortcodes in a proprietary format using curly braces instead of square brackets for use in page builder modules.)