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I have created a custom field call {product_buy_url} on the page where I use this I have a little piece of code as follows:

{if product_buy_url}
<a href="http://{product_buy_url}">Buy Here</a>
{/if}

It is sat inside my entries with the correct weblog, and it sort of works. The result is that the URL gets printed on the page rather than being a link behind “Buy Here”.

Any ideas why this might be?

Hi Steve,

Please check that the formatting for this custom field is set to None.

Cheers

Greg

I have a similar question related to using custom field variable with an “href” property. I can’t get this to work:

<a href="http://maps.google.com/big/long/link?q={custom_field_variable}">Get Directions</a>

Is this possible on 1.7.x? Thanks for your help!

jcollinsmedia,

When you say you can’t get it to work, what is happening at the moment?
What type of custom field is it?

Have you set Automatically turn URLs and email addresses into links? to no in your specific Weblog preferences

Admin > Weblog Administration > Weblog Management > Edit Preferences

Fixed - thank you!

Excellent 😊 Please post again as needed.