When i try to create external links in drupal I get the following added to my link no matter what I try to do to correct it. this of course causes this link to fail.

the correct link is

when i put that in it give me this on top of the link. http://www.fumc-prestonsburg.org/drupal/

or cmpleted as below.

http://www.fumc-prestonsburg.org/drupal/www.fumc-prestonsburg.org/current_bulletin.pdf

I have dug and dug and dug and can find no information to fix this I have the following modules to allow me to put in html code htmlarea and tinymce. It does it with both of them and with them both off. If I could input the raw html code directly I wouldn't need the editor but haven't found that trick either.

It is causing me to pull my hair out.

if anyone has any suggestions please help.

thanks

site is www.fumc-prestonsburg.orrg/drupal/

Comments

BradM’s picture

check /admin/settings/site-information/

at the bottom is the Default front page ... I don't know if this is related, but does it appear correct? If not, maybe something in your config file is messed up...

mdixoncm’s picture

You will need to put http:// infront of any links if they are external - otherwise they will just be treated as being relative to your site ...

i.e. if you put the link

<a href="www.computerminds.co.uk">A link</a>

onto this site then the actual link you get would be to http://drupal.org/www.computerminds.co.uk - adding the http:// to give

<a href="http://www.computerminds.co.uk">A link</a>

should do the trick ...

Cheers,

Mike,
Computerminds offer Drupal development, consulting and training

freebug’s picture

The fix was awesome.
Certainly save a lot of time for me..

Thanx a lot mdixoncm

JohnDigger’s picture

I had the same problem.
but there was a http:// infront of it but it was pasted into the default editor.
and i had to retype the http:// for the adress.