Topic: Link type

Sorry to open another post, but its another problem. :)
Why when i write a simple link in a component (footer for example), get simple auto adds my local address prefix?
Example, when i write:

<a href="www.website.com">LINK</a>

getsimple turn it in "www.localsite.com/www.website.com" when i click on it.
I found something on this forum about this topic, but just about the page editor.
So, when i use WYSIWYG editor i can solve this problem choosing "URL" instead of "Local Link". And it works.
But how can do this in footer for example? or in header?

2 Reply by mvlcek (edited by mvlcek 2012-02-09 17:37:33)

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Re: Link type

kosmoszen wrote:

Sorry to open another post, but its another problem. :)
Why when i write a simple link in a component (footer for example), get simple auto adds my local address prefix?
Example, when i write:

<a href="www.website.com">LINK</a>

getsimple turn it in "www.localsite.com/www.website.com" when i click on it.
I found something on this forum about this topic, but just about the page editor.
So, when i use WYSIWYG editor i can solve this problem choosing "URL" instead of "Local Link". And it works.
But how can do this in footer for example? or in header?

If a link does not start with http(s), the browser will add the server name. If it does not start with a /, it will also add the current directory. You have to specify an external link as "http://www.website.com"!

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Re: Link type

<a href="http://www.website.com/">LINK</a>

Re: Link type

Ahahah, small problem for a big idiot!
Im not at home now, it will be the first thing i will try.
Anyway, thank you! :)

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Re: Link type

well, this is a problem which is not typical for GS, links need the protocol "http"

you might not have noticed it because maybe other applications add that automatically ....

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