A hyperlink (or link) is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically

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Is there a way to change the hyperlink column to allow for non-http?

I have a client that has a Links page in SharePoint 2013. On the page is a column called URL that is set as a hyperlink column, but they want the column to accept pw://example.com/... instead of just ...
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Link to a View in Sharepoint 2010

I am trying to insert a link in a SharePoint page. I would like the link to point to a view I have created, so I am using the syntax [[View: However, when the list of items to link to is prompted, ...
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Is there a column type that supports both internal and external links?

I'm creating a custom list as part of a solution. The list items are then rendered via a visual webpart which also exists in the solution. The webpart is designed to allow a user to maintain a list of ...
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Need to Limit characters in Sharepoint in Hyperlink field description

I need to limit characters in hyperlink field in the hyperlink field it consists with two part one is to enter hyper link and other one in description so I need to keep the url enter part as it is and ...
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Link to share folder using link list not opening in Chrome

We use link list to create hyperlinks to share folders. I've never had a problem accessing them from Chrome, but with some browsers like Chrome and Mozilla it does nothing. I assume it is how these ...
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Sharepoint 2010 is changing my url in hyperlink column

I have a SharePoint 2010 web application "myapp.test.com" and I have extended this application to myapp-edit.test.com I also have configured the following two alternative access mapping urls: ...
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How to Log Users Who click Hyperlink

I have a SharePoint page with several hyperlinks pointing to different document downloads. I would like to log information everytime someone clicks a hyperlink. More specifically, I would like to keep ...
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“Email a link” function not working- SharePoint 2010

We recently migrated from SharePoint 2007 to 2010. There are a few sites that are having issues with the "email a link" function. when you click on it- it does absolutely nothing. This function had ...
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SP2007 using Source token in link

In SharePoint 2007 in some occasions i see that when im redirected to some pages etc, i see a source in query string, and this i can use to be redirected back to the original page. I've read on msdn ...
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Link to document library

I have a small issue, basically i have an instance of document library / list, now, how can i get a link to that list / document library? I'm working with sp 2007 To clarify, here is the code: ...
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How to turn off the function that converts single line of text into mailto: link

Does anybody know how to turn off automatic text conversion into mailto: links inside basic single line of text fields? It is confusing a little bit. Our customers stores server configurations in ...
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Stop sharepoint from reformatting html

I have a site page where I am trying to add a link to a particular calendar in outlook web access. The URL is ...
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Creating internal hyperlinks in a custom application page

I am new to SharePoint, but have inherited a project where I need to add some custom Application Pages to a SharePoint 2013 site. I've gone through some tutorials that have illustrated how to create ...
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Add (replace) hyperlink to pictures in a Picture Library Slideshow Web Part

On our team site we have added a web part that is a "Picture Library Slideshow" web part. Currently clicking on the images that scroll in the slideshow directs the browser to just the image's URL. I ...
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How can I force a metadata field to be treated as a hyperlink?

We're using SP Foundation, and it should be assumed that we have no functionality apart from what comes OOTB. We have a form we're creating that's basically a document index. One of the columns is a ...
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Create link to value in taxonomy

I have som users that wants a link directly to a value with children in the taxonomy navigation area. Is this at all posible? I have tested several ways, most of them work when i paste them in my ...
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Change Close-Button Link when opening Link from Modal in new tab/window

So, this is my scenario: In SharePoint 2010, I have a custom List ("events") with multiple lookup-fields to other lists (for this example: "contact persons", "location") in it. I got two list-views, ...
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painless way to display hyperlink as url?

I've got a list that makes use of the "Hyperlink or Picture" field. The list is used to hold URLs. What I really want to do is to display those URLs, not the pretty descriptions for them. I ...
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Make Link to a Document more user friendly

The way Link to a Document works is that I need to go to the place where I want the link to appear. Click this content type and then provide the URL to the document in some remote location. This makes ...
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SharePoint 2007: what happens to hyperlinks when moving a subsite?

if moving a site in SharePoint 2007 (using the Manage Content and Structure function) to a new location, do the internal links get corrupted? I know that some links do tend to get broken in these ...
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How to Change the Destination of username Links?

In a SharePoint portal, whenever you see a username anywhere, it is automatically hyperlinked. If you have mysites configured, it leads the user profile on mysites. If you don't have mysites ...
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Add “New document” button to home page

I have a fairly simple SharePoint subsite that has two elements: the home page a document library The document library has two content types associated with it. What I would like to do is add a ...
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Link in a visual webpart sharpoint 2010

I am working on a internet site which has all the best practices used in it. I have a simple task but want to make sure that i also use the best possible solution. The requirement is that i have to ...
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LinkFilename - display text from other field

I have document library with column LinkFilename which renders link to document, where text is the name of the file. Is it possible to modify column is such way, that it will still render link to ...
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SPGridView Group By field link

I have a SPGridView and I would like to make the group by field a link. Is this possible. Basically i want the text next to the plus or minus image to be a link. The link will be to the ...
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Sharepoint Issues with Checking Out Documents

We have a unique problem, We have several of our users that can check out signed in documents, although they are in the same permission group as other users. The link that you use to check out the ...
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How to send a Document ID link instead of a general link

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like to set up my site so that when users send links to documents, they send the permanent URL related to the Document ID, instead of the standard link ...
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Is there a “URL-Structure” for Users and Groups I can access via Hyperlink?

I have a Custom WebPart which gets credentials from the site into a GridView-Table. The result (user and credential) is shown as strings. I want to create a Hyperlink to the users e.g. mysite, instead ...
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Add a ‘Create New Document Set’ link to a web-page

I've found this page which explains how to add a ‘Create New Document’ link to a page : <img alt="" src="/_layouts/images/rect.gif">&nbsp; <a ...
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Creating semi-automatic hyperlinks to other items in same library

I have created some pages in the 'Pages' library pertaining to certain content. They have an extra field called 'Description' used to store the summary about the page. Now, if the description on a ...
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Outlook downloading files, rather than opening in SharePoint

When I receive an email in Outlook that has a link to a document on SharePoint, the link just downloads the file to be opened by my locally installed Office 2010. I've figured out that this happens ...
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Adding a hyperlink to an instance of a template in SharePoint

I have a Sharepoint site and I have some page layout templates for that site. This is what the basic structure looks like: www.abcd.com/Pages/Folder1/Page1.aspx www.abcd.com/Pages/Folder1/Page2.aspx ...
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Create a link to a library from within a page

is it possible to create a link on a page to a library within the same page. So for example, I have a small list of 8 categories on my page, when i click on the first category "Governance" I would ...
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Link to “Download a Copy” from a Document Library

I have a Document Library with some exported webparts (.dwp). When I embed a hyperlink somewhere to the document, it opens in the browser (IE8). I cannot change any settings on the site collection ...
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Create external list without link to the item

I've got an External Item List (from a SQL Database source) and it works OK. However, it doesn't seem to matter what I do, I cannot remove the "link to item" from the first column. I'd like the list ...
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Get the URL from the hyperlink column for workflow

I have list with 500+ records. There is a hyperlink column called "TargetURL". As all of us know SP saves hyperlink in ["http://portal.site.com/sitecoll/doclib/Forms/someview.aspx", description ] ...
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How to link to a local folder or document?

In a sharepoint 2010 wiki page, how does one create a link to a "local" folder or document? For example this works in internet explorer, word, excel, etc. but not in sharepoint: ...
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How is the bookmark link feature enabled?

For a project I'm working on, I'm trying to setup a glossary of terms in a SharePoint wiki page. I wanted to be able to link directly to terms but when I tried using regular html # section links, a ...
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How do I create a link to the current database because I am doing a partial deployment?

Ok this is what I am envisioning but not sure if it can be done...I would appreciate your input. I am working to create a sharepoint site that has several "sub-pages" I have almost completed the ...
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How to display the URL (from the link) in the search results?

I've added a simple "Link List". When I search, the Search Core Result webpart displays a list from all results. But the hyperlink which is generated points to the LinkItem, not to the real URL. is ...
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Shared Contact List, Outlook create entry failure on 'website' field

I have successfully created a contact list in SharePoint 2010 and linked it into outlook. It all seems to be working as it should except for one issue: Creating a new contact entry that contains ...
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Calculated Hyperlink Column - Lost ID-Field Value Upon Editing

I created a calculated column with the following formula: ="<a href='../X_C03 Staff Members/DispForm.aspx?ID="&ID&"'>View</a>" and included this into a view. The column works ...
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Link to Another Blog Post from Within Modal Window

I have a simple blog on my internal development site which has two posts. I use JavaScript on a custom application page to launch the Post.aspx?Id=3 page in a modal window. Works great. The only ...
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IE7 issue with adding links in table

I'm having issues adding links in a table on SharePoint 2010 with IE7. I'm going to the Insert tab > Links > From Address. This is on a publishing page. Nothing happens when I do this -- and no errors ...
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stop users linking to files in file system from web pages

We are still working on our sharepoint implementation and have had a requirement come in from the powers that be to stop users linking to file system(network drive) documents from their webpages. ...
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How to use a hyperlink column in a workflow email

I'm creating a workflow "Send an Email" action in SharePoint Designer that needs to use a "Hyperlink or Picture" column from the Current Item. Whenever I select the "Hyperlink or Picture" column ...
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sharepoint link not working in IE but working in Firefox

I have a problem with one of the links in a column of my XsltListViewWebpart. It's working perfectly fine in Firefox, but when I click it in IE, nothing happens. The code for the link is: <a ...
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Is it possible to import an Excel spreadsheet, including the comments and hyperlinks, into a List?

I would like to import a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into a SharePoint 2007 List. The spreadsheet contains comments and hyperlinks. Could those also be imported in the List? Comments I know would ...
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HyperLinkField in SpGridView

I have a spgridview with dynamic column. I get a data of a special list and bind to SpGridView. I have a URL SPFieldType, i want show description in spgridview and set url for navigationurl. I use ...
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Opening a document from a link on a web page: how do I allow open for editing?

Most of my users are on Office 2007, my SharePoint installation is 2010, and we all use IE8. I currently have "Require Check Out" on my document libraries set to "No". I have a page in one of my ...

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