Hi Lucy, the best way to do this would be to change this line
<https://github.com/mradamcox/ead/blob/master/ead/templates/views/reports/sections/EXTERNAL_XREF.E42.htm#L18>
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 <
[email protected]> 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
>
>
> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b0_pBBf9Bcw/WqoxhfHrb7I/AAAAAAAAAHU/kI7cHY-KDdAilUzm0Fdm18nJw1fkphi3wCLcBGAs/s1600/externalrefs_Input.JPG>
>
>
>
>
> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ixg0pv6NAMY/WqoxU1384RI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/_9xXpWVUH5M7idPGtiL5wvu9HXXUKOaXQCLcBGAs/s1600/externalrefs_report.JPG>
>
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Thank you, Lucy
>
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