Custom Fields (and I18N)

[richard2233]

Hi Guys,
I'm a bit of a Newbie to Getsimple but so far what I see I like. We are looking at rolling out a CMS system to schools as the current one is a bit creaky and not very well supported.

So far through basic problem solving and plugins I have found a solution to most things that our schools need but there seems to be one stumbling block for me so far. I have read these posts multiple times and I am sorry if I have missed anything. I am trying to get a menu item to link to an external site but for the life of me I cant get it to work.

I'm using GetSimple 3.1 and the i18n Customfields plugin 1.8.1.
I have followed the guide of Customizing a custom Field
Name: External link
Label: link
Type: Text Field
Default Value: blank
Save it.

Go to create a new page
Enter the name of the page
Drop the "Page Options"
enter the url in the format of: http://domain.org.uk
hit save updates.
Browse to the site and nothing happens.

Any thought or am I just being a complete dope?

Cheers in advance
Richard