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#1 2009-01-02 20:18:33
- jmart
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Is there a way to make custom fields hotlinked?
Is there any way to make the custom fields hotlinked?
For example, I put in a url into one of my custom fields but it’s not hyperlinked. Is there a way around this? For now, I think I may just type in the url into the excerpt section, instead. And then I will call it using the <txp:excerpt> tag.
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Re: Is there a way to make custom fields hotlinked?
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#3 2009-01-02 20:55:03
- jmart
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Re: Is there a way to make custom fields hotlinked?
I should note that I am using the glz_custom_field plugin instead of regular custom_field plugin. But the documentation says the plugin uses the same attributes. However, it still doesn’t work.
So I just tried using a regular custom_field tag with it looking like this; <txp:custom_field name=“fieldname” escape=“html” /> but the url is still not hyperlinked at all. In the actual custom field box, I inputted, http://www.domain.com . I also tried <a href=“http://www.domain.com”> . But nothing works. It only outputs the url with no hyperlink.
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#4 2009-01-02 20:57:51
- els
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Re: Is there a way to make custom fields hotlinked?
It won’t get hyperlinked by itself… I assume you just want to type ‘www.domain.com’ in a custom field? Then in your article form use this:
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#5 2009-01-02 21:08:20
- jmart
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Re: Is there a way to make custom fields hotlinked?
Thanks!
But then what does previous suggestion do?
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jmart wrote:
But then what does previous suggestion do?
Using escape="" prevents the contents of the custom field being converted to its HTML entities and breaking the URL. Not sure how glz_custom_fields handles things though. Sounds like it’s not quite working.
P.S. Sorry MattD, I’ve just updated Textbook because the example assumed that escape="" by default whereas under 4.0.7+ it’s escape="html". The link is now Unescaping (X)HTML output instead.
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