URL Field

Specialized field for attaching internal cool links or external links in Symphony CMS.

1 About

This field depends on Entry URL field. Install it before continuing.

It allows the cool linking between Symphony entries so you will never have dead links any longer.

2 Installation

0. Install Entry URL field.
1. Upload the url_field folder in this archive to your Symphony extensions folder.
2. On System -> Extensions page install it by selecting the Field: URL, choose Enable/Install from the With selected ... menu, then click Apply.
3. The URL field will be available in the list when creating a Section.

3 Usage

1_ Add an Entry URL field named View on site to a Section A (I assume you have a Text box with name = Title):

Set a slick value for Anchor Label: Link of "{entry/title}"
Set a slick value for Anchor URL: /entries/{entry/title/@handle}

2_ Create some entries in Section A.

3_ Go to Section B and add URL Field to it. Select View on site from Section A in Values selectbox.

4_ Create an entry in Section B. You can swtich between Internal and External links. Internal select will be populated with all entries from Section A.

For External links, the value must be a valid URI.

If you don't select any sections in field settings, the field will accept only External links.