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[SOLVED] Create link to external url 28 Mar 2012 07:42 #1755

8churchpath
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Hi, I'm creating a component called Books. when the user clicks on a book it takes them to 'bookitem'.
I want them to be able to click on a field that displays a link to an external book store.
In the backend administrators can type in an external website link.

Am using a 'string' datatype to provide a field to input this external web URL so that when users click on the link it will take them to a specific page on the external bookstore, here is the code below:

Link field in bookitem :

<td>
<?php echo JDom::_('html.fly', array(
'href' => 'link',
'dataKey' => 'link',
'dataObject' => $this->booksitem
));
?>
</td>

What do I have to add/change to make this field go to the external link?

kind regards,
Terry.

Last Edit: 28 Mar 2012 08:00 by 8churchpath.

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[SOLVED] Create link to external url 28 Mar 2012 07:59 #1756

8churchpath Offline New Member Posts: 18 Karma: 0	Actually I revisited the component and changed the field from a string to Rich Text. Then I was able to create a link using the link button in the editor to the external website. kind regards, Terry.
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[SOLVED] Create link to external url 28 Mar 2012 17:05 #1762

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Here the solution

STATIC

<?php echo JDom::_('html.fly', array(
'href' => 'www.google.com',  	//HERE
'dataKey' => 'link',
'dataObject' => $this->booksitem
));
?>

DYNAMIC

<?php echo JDom::_('html.fly', array(
'href' => $this->booksitem->link,  	//HERE
'dataKey' => 'link',
'dataObject' => $this->booksitem
));
?>

Coding is now a piece of cake

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Re: [SOLVED] Create link to external url 28 Mar 2012 17:08 #1763

8churchpath Offline New Member Posts: 18 Karma: 0	Thank you, much appreciated, kind regards, Terry.
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[SOLVED] Create link to external url 20 Jul 2015 03:21 #13357

jonathanbell Offline Premium Member Posts: 147 Thank you received: 5 Karma: 1	How would you do this in the new version? I currently have <td style="text-align:center"> <?php echo JDom::_('html.fly', array( 'dataKey' => 'link', 'dataObject' => $row, 'route' => array('view' => $row->link), 'target' => '_blank' ));?> </td> How do I get this to only open the link from the field?
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