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Hi! In my rank messaging when someone levels up, I’d like to be able to include hyperlinks in the message. I can do that in the typical PM area, but when I build the message within the rank (send message when someone reaches this rank) it will not allow me to hyperlink. I’ve tried all the suggestions in the Hyperlinks not visible on private messages post, but none of them are working.

 

Any suggestions or workarounds?

Best answer by Blastoise186

Gotcha! Do any of these help? Hope you don’t mind, but I won’t copy/paste your entire Rank Up message as it’ll make my response 10 miles long, but you should be able to just copy/paste these back in and give it a test run.

<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/pathfinder-blog-85009/your-guide-to-the-automation-anywhere-pathfinder-community-89384">THIS</a>
<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/events?tab=upcoming">EVENTS PAGE</a>
<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/guidelines-faqs-85036/how-to-level-up-in-the-pathfinder-community-your-community-tier-flight-plans-89287">HERE</a>

All of these are ultimately one line of HTML each. They must always be one line to avoid the code breaking - these tags don’t support more than that per HTML standards.

You have to use HTML for the Rank Up messages - the BBCode that normally works in PM’s won’t work there. But as an example, if you want to BBCode a link in a regular PM, you can do it like this:

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ]Warning! Clicking on this WILL Rickroll you![/url]

Which turns into:

Warning! Clicking on this link WILL Rickroll you! Because I like setting traps for Julian as he inevitably won’t read this warning first! XD

Does that help at all?

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Hi ​@LuH ,

Could you share an example of the rank messages you use please (complete with examples of the links you’re trying to use)?

To make them show here without being garbled, made sure to put them inside a Code Tag!

Thanks


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@Blastoise186 

Here’s what I’m trying to post it won’t let me hyperlink into either the word or the website when I show it. I’m building it from here:

Here’s the message with the words + hyperlinks next to them:

Congratulations on reaching Cadet | Tier 2 by posting your first topic! By engaging with our community, you’re not only sharing your insights but also gaining valuable knowledge and connections that can enhance your automation journey.

As a Cadet, you’re just beginning to make your voice heard, but fear not, you're en route to hit the Navigator tier next, so keep doing what you're doing and we can't wait to watch your automations take flight.

Below are some tidbits on how to navigate the Pathfinder Community. Have questions about anything our community offers? Feel free to send an email to community@automationanywhere.com.

What You Can Expect:

Our community is designed as a collaborative space where members can learn, grow, and share their experiences with each other, whether from a developers point of view, or a more business adoption standpoint. Check out all the ways you can get involved by reading THIS [https://community.automationanywhere.com/pathfinder-blog-85009/your-guide-to-the-automation-anywhere-pathfinder-community-89384]  post. 

Your Next Steps:

  1. Complete your profile information by clicking on your profile icon in the top right corner of the community page, clicking on “my profile” and editing the responses. This allows us the ability to offer you a customized experience based on content that best aligns with your role, industry, and automation goals.
  2. Go to our EVENTS PAGE (https://community.automationanywhere.com/events?tab=upcoming ) and click the “subscribe” button to stay up to date with all of our fun Pathfinder happenings.


Want to learn more about our tier system? You've made it to Tier 2, but we'd love to help you climb the ladder towards your automation success. Check out our Tier Flight Plans and the benefits associated with meeting each level HERE https://community.automationanywhere.com/guidelines-faqs-85036/how-to-level-up-in-the-pathfinder-community-your-community-tier-flight-plans-89287 .
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out. Happy automating!


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Gotcha! Do any of these help? Hope you don’t mind, but I won’t copy/paste your entire Rank Up message as it’ll make my response 10 miles long, but you should be able to just copy/paste these back in and give it a test run.

<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/pathfinder-blog-85009/your-guide-to-the-automation-anywhere-pathfinder-community-89384">THIS</a>
<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/events?tab=upcoming">EVENTS PAGE</a>
<a href="https://community.automationanywhere.com/guidelines-faqs-85036/how-to-level-up-in-the-pathfinder-community-your-community-tier-flight-plans-89287">HERE</a>

All of these are ultimately one line of HTML each. They must always be one line to avoid the code breaking - these tags don’t support more than that per HTML standards.

You have to use HTML for the Rank Up messages - the BBCode that normally works in PM’s won’t work there. But as an example, if you want to BBCode a link in a regular PM, you can do it like this:

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ]Warning! Clicking on this WILL Rickroll you![/url]

Which turns into:

Warning! Clicking on this link WILL Rickroll you! Because I like setting traps for Julian as he inevitably won’t read this warning first! XD

Does that help at all?


LuH
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Thank you! This worked perfectly!


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Hi ​@Blastoise186 - do you know which one of these works in a badge award PM? HTML or BBCode?


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FMEEvangelist wrote:

Hi ​@Blastoise186 - do you know which one of these works in a badge award PM? HTML or BBCode?

To answer my own question, I tried it out (sorry, should have just done that anyway) and it’s the BBCode.


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Yeah, figured it would be that one.

Not sure what everyone else thinks, but I wonder if it’s better to make it so that both of them either use HTML or both of them use BBCode, rather than having a mixed experience? Certainly on the Community side, the PM Editor uses BBCode exclusively (any attempt to use HTML gets blocked) - trust me, you do not want random users having full HTML access! All it’d take is one use of some malicious HTML and someone could do really bad things with it!

Between the two, BBCode is arguably also a bit more user friendly too.


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LuH wrote:

Thank you! This worked perfectly!

No worries! If you want to add any more, you can just take the same code snippets and edit the references accordingly. But if you get stuck, let me know and I’ll be happy to eyeball any that you’re having trouble with.


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Blastoise186 wrote:
LuH wrote:

Thank you! This worked perfectly!

No worries! If you want to add any more, you can just take the same code snippets and edit the references accordingly. But if you get stuck, let me know and I’ll be happy to eyeball any that you’re having trouble with.

Since you sent this I’ve been html’ing my way to success, so thank you! 


FMEEvangelist
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It’s totally little things like this that really help us to customize the user experience.

For example, now I know that you can add a URL, when a user wins a high-level badge we can point them to a custom page with a video message that congratulates them.

 As an example I already set up: Watch 50 webinars, get a badge, and the badge PM sends you to this page. Fantastic!


LuH
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FMEEvangelist wrote:

It’s totally little things like this that really help us to customize the user experience.

For example, now I know that you can add a URL, when a user wins a high-level badge we can point them to a custom page with a video message that congratulates them.

 As an example I already set up: Watch 50 webinars, get a badge, and the badge PM sends you to this page. Fantastic!

Love this idea!!


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