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I know this is a question that most developers don’t have an appetite to answer since it is so elementary.

This is the code I have right now in the template:

<a href="http://{headlineurl1}">{title}</a>

My site (http://www.pagedistrict.ca/) is a link aggregator, so it is only one page. All links are outbound. Just in case you were asking yourself why is he not using the “URL Title” field given by EE.

headlineurl1 is a custom field. The Field Type = Text Input, and Default Text Formatting = None.

Here’s the bummer: when I type in a URL without http:// , the display is correct, but the link is not. It gives me http://www.pagedistrict.ca/online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567404576292902984517070.html.

And when I do enter http:// in the field, the display is not correct. It renders the following code when I do view source:

<a href="http://a">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567404576292902984517070.html</a>">
Canadian Economy Suffers Setback, 0.2% GDP Decline in February</a>

I hope you understand my problem.

talbina,

Head to Admin -> Channel Administration -> Channels and choose the relevant channel preferences.

Under Administrative Preferences set Automatically turn URLs and email addresses into links? to no

Does that help?

This resolves the issue, thank you.

Hi Talbina,

Glad that you got this figured out. Please post again if you have further questions.

Cheers

Greg