Creating 3rd party links?

[random1]

Hi,

 

I create a new link in the system say: www.example.com

 

and then save it.

 

I then load the page and instead of having the link to www.example.com

 

it links to www.mywebsiteaddress.com/www.example.com instead.

 

How can I create a link to a link that is not on my domain?

[germ]

Use HTML ONLY!

 

If you're using a PHP program on your site to generate links, that would explain why it tacks your URL on.

[random1]

Thanks but I am using the following HTML code and it does the same.

 

<p class="MsoNormal">

<a href="www.investorwords.com" target="_blank">www.investorwords.com</a>

</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">x </p>

 

That code creates the link: www.mysite.com/www.investorwords.com

[germ]

Try this:

 

<p class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.investorwords.com" target="_blank">www.investorwords.com</a>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">x </p>

Looks like it's using your <base href...>

[random1]

okay great :D Now it works.

 

How can I change the code to realize www. addresses aswell?

 

The users of my site are not tech savvy enough.

[germ]

You don't need to change anything.

 

Just be sure when you add HTML for external links, you always include the http://