[SOLVED] how can i add a field to a user that is linked to an url?

Hi there,

this is clear to me but my intention is that when i click on someone's profile and i go to the url field that i can see there and i click on that url, i go directly to that url site. At the moment i can see the url on someone's profile but to get there i have to copy and past in in my browser to go to that url.
So in the webadress field the link is not activated.
Hope this is clear.

Can somebody help me with this one please?

Best regards,
Eddy



Answer :

Create a field with the Type of Web Address.

Hi there,

how can i add a field to a user that is linked to an url?
So when the user go to his profile he should be able to click on the url and he should go the to the url site.

Best regards,
Eddy

Web Address fieldtype will do exactly that. If the field is already a text type it should be safe to simply change its type to web address.

Ok then there is something wrong on my site. I used the Web Address fieldtype and nevertheless it is just text on my site. Perhaps i have to change something in my template. (made it myself) I'll check id unless you have a idea

Is there a way ( except in the database ofcourse) that a moderator can fill in a Web Address in a Web Address fieldtype and that it is automatically copied in the same field for every user?

Best regards,
Eddy

Are you trying to substitute the field in somewhere? If so [FIELD_NAME] substitutions are raw value and have no HTML. Be sure to use [cb:userfield field="FIELD_NAME" /]. See the below tutorial for further substitution information.

www.joomlapolis.com/documentation/279-community-builder/tutorials/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

It should absolutely be linked when viewing your profile though and have confirmed web address fields working fine in my tests.

Is there a way ( except in the database ofcourse) that a moderator can fill in a Web Address in a Web Address fieldtype and that it is automatically copied in the same field for every user?

Just use a Custom HTML field for that and supply the HTML to link to whatever URL you want to link to. I do not suggest storing a ton of duplicate data like that.

No i'm not trying to substitute the field in somewhere. I just create a webadress on my profile fe : www.joomlapolis.com and when someone visits my profile and clicks on this url , he should see the joomlapois site. It' as easy as that. The problem is that the link is just text and nothing happens if the visitor sees the filed www.joomlapolis.com .

Just use a Custom HTML field for that and supply the HTML to link to whatever URL you want to link to. I do not suggest storing a ton of duplicate data like that.
Can you give an example please? i can't manage to do this

No i'm not trying to substitute the field in somewhere. I just create a webadress on my profile fe : www.joomlapolis.com and when someone visits my profile and clicks on this url , he should see the joomlapois site. It' as easy as that. The problem is that the link is just text and nothing happens if the visitor sees the filed www.joomlapolis.com .

Sounds like you set "Website Links" to "No" in CB > Configuration > General. Set it back to default "Yes" should fix your issue.

Can you give an example please? i can't manage to do this

A Custom HTML field with the following would display the same link on every profile for example.