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We’re working on a site which has a lot of links that will be added via entries in text fields as opposed to templates.

The {site_url} variable doesn’t work in those instances. My concern is we would rather not hardcode links because we’re using a subdomain for testing and would have to update them all by ahnd.

Is there any way to make the site_url and/or the path variable work inside entries?

Or is there some other recommended solution?

Best,

Justin

If you want to create individual links, then look at Related entries, or if you need to create a list of links then the Playa module can come in useful.

Hi jsuissa,

I think a 2 pronged approach would be possible.

1) only input the “relative” part of the URL in the text field. This will only work on a one-URL-per-text field basis.

2) then in your template, use the path or site_url variable to build the link.

{path="{field_name}"}

or

{site_url}{field_name}

This approach won’t work if you need to use these links in Textareas though.

Cheers,