Thank you very much for your reply, Adam.
Yes, some logic will need to be added because most of our values will not be
websites.
What is Arches using to identify the value as a link on input?
Lucy
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> On 15 Mar 2018, at 18:51, Adam Cox <mr.adam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Lucy, the best way to do this would be to change this line in your report
> from
>
> {{ EXTERNAL_XREF_E42.EXTERNAL_XREF_E42__value }}
>
> to
>
> <a href="{{ EXTERNAL_XREF_E42.EXTERNAL_XREF_E42__value }}" target="_blank">{{
> EXTERNAL_XREF_E42.EXTERNAL_XREF_E42__value }}</a>
>
> This will turn the url into a link that opens in a new tab when clicked. If
> you want the link to open in the same tab, remove target="_blank".
>
> Of course you could get more fancy and add an "open link" icon and put the
> <a> tag around that instead, but the above solution should be exceedingly
> simple to implement.
>
> Note that this will try to make a hyperlink out of any value that is stored
> as an external reference, even if it is not a valid URL. You would have to
> add some logic to the template that would test for URL patterns if you expect
> to have a lot of external reference that are not links to webpages.
>
> Adam
>
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 3:41 AM, 'Lucy FJ' via Arches Project
>> <archesproject@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> The EAD wishes to add links to external web sites for some of its
>> archaeological sites.
>>
>> This is very easy to do using the external cross reference option. I have
>> input the URL and it clearly shows as a link on the input form.
>>
>> However when I access the report, it is not at all clear to the user that it
>> is a link. You need to right click and select an option to access the
>> website.
>>
>> Is this how it was designed to work? Am I missing something on the input? I
>> have uploaded screen shots
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Any help would be gratefully received.
>>
>> Thank you, Lucy
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