url field

[justs]

Hi there,
Is this a feature request? May be.
I'd like to be able to insert a text which will be a link in the field type URL. Now the link itself is displayed, including the 'http://'. I would like to have either a standard text, like 'More information', or an option to give another text, like 'Go to the Acme inc. website'.
Is there a possibility to insert a standard text ('More information') in the Catalog right now?
Thanks in advance,
Just

[thyon]

This is not included, but you can make a custom template (catalog_xxx.tpl) to write out your own "stuff" for each data entry. In this case you can write out your own text.

Remember that in your case, you want the URL to receive 2 entries, so in TL standard way of doing it, you would simply create 2 fields, e.g.

link_url
link_title

There isn't a standard widget control in TL to enter BOTH the URL and the Title in 1 line. TL does it in other places (CE hyperlink) using a multiple amount of fields and combining them together to form a single display output -- which is exactly what you will have to do.

Then in your template you merge them into a single display value.

"><?php echo $entry['data']['link_title"]; ?>

You will always have to get your feet wet with coding, there is just no way around it. The catalog is way to generic to fit every database design.

[justs]

Great! Thanks Thyon.

I just had to tweak the code a little:

<?php echo $entry['data']['link_title']['value']; ?>

Ciao,

Just

[thyon]

yeah, I get a bit rusty on the template code

you can also use ['raw'] if there is a problem with FE display formatting, especially if you already selected the link_url as a link, which will make ['value'] have a url wrapper already.