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djasonbird
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Hyperlink adds www.lds.org to URL

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I added the hyperlink www.mormonsandgays.org to my newsletter article. The link text and html hyperlink look fine but when clicking on the hyperlink it takes the user to https://www.lds.org/www.mormonsandgays.org.

I tried recreating the hyperlink but it did the same thing. Not sure what to do.
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Re: Hyperlink adds www.lds.org to URL

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djasonbird wrote:I added the hyperlink http://www.mormonsandgays.org to my newsletter article. The link text and html hyperlink look fine but when clicking on the hyperlink it takes the user to https://www.lds.org/www.mormonsandgays.org.

I tried recreating the hyperlink but it did the same thing. Not sure what to do.
I'm seeing the same thing in new articles or new links I create. But links in existing articles still work properly. So this is a fairly recent problem (since my existing articles with working hyperlinks clearly show that it worked when those articles were created).
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Re: Hyperlink adds www.lds.org to URL

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What happens if you try to link to www.lds.org – does it change it to http://www.lds.org/www.lds.org?
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sbradshaw wrote:What happens if you try to link to http://www.lds.org – does it change it to http://www.lds.org/www.lds.org?
If you link to simply "www.lds.org" (no protocol specified), then it does get changed to http://www.lds.org/www.lds.org

But if you specify a protocol (either http or https) then it seems to work.

Note that the LDSTech forum software has a tendency to hide the protocol. In sbradshaw's original link, I see "www.lds.org" (without a protocol), but in my post that quotes his post, I see "http://www.lds.org" (with the protocol). That can make it confusing when we discuss whether the protocol is included.
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Re: Hyperlink adds www.lds.org to URL

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aebrown wrote:Note that the LDSTech forum software has a tendency to hide the protocol. In sbradshaw's original link, I see "www.lds.org" (without a protocol), but in my post that quotes his post, I see "http://www.lds.org" (with the protocol). That can make it confusing when we discuss whether the protocol is included.
May need to use the "Code" tags the forum software provides.
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