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Hi,

Hope you can help 😊

I have a directory-style site and list lots of outbound links. At the moment I’m linking directly to the URLs using a custom field. However, I’d like to redirect each link so I’m not linking directly. Is there a way to do this or would I need a plug-in of sorts?

Not tested but I’d look at routing outbound links through a template and using the redirect= variable

Example:

1. Set up a template group called “go” (or whatever you want to name it)

2. Add a tag to the “go” index template to hold the redirect and the URL:

{exp:weblog:entries entry_id="{segment_2}"}
{redirect='{url_custom_field}'}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

... where {url_custom_field} holds the address of the site you’re linking to

3. Update the link href in the directory entry template:

<a href="http://{entry_id_path=go/index}">Link title</a>

... this should output a path with the entry ID in it, eg yoursite.com/go/123

Now when you look at an external link it will display as a URL on your site, but when clicked should just forward the user to the remote site.

That sounds great, I’ll give it a try! Thanks Rob 😊

Hi wizs,

Looks like Rob has provided a workable solution!

Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Cheers,