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rachel.sullivan
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Sep 23, 2025 3:52 PM UTC
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Hyperlinks in User Profile Fields

We are hoping to allow our Community users to share a little bit more about themselves through via their social media platforms. I have not been able to find a way to effectively do this yet. We ideally would like it to be Profile Field on the user’s profile. The issue we are experiencing is that if we use the text field, they do not hyperlink out, which feels like a strange end user experience. 

Has anyone found a way to use a text field or a different type of field that allows for a website or social media link to be shared on the profile level? 

Thanks! :)

DannyPancratz
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Sep 23, 2025 4:04 PM UTC

the platform specifically blocks this for security reasons 😒. Same thing in signatures on users’ posts.

There’s no work around. 

Past feedback I’ve been given is that users can highlight the url in the text field and the select to open it view right click options, etc. (I don’t like that suggestion, as I don’t think everyone knows that and I think it’s unnecessary friction)

There’s this idea you can vote for, but I haven’t seen any movement on this in years

There was a related idea that’s a bit more open, that has been archived. But it gives you some of the backstory: 

 

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DannyPancratz
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Sep 23, 2025 4:04 PM UTC

the platform specifically blocks this for security reasons 😒. Same thing in signatures on users’ posts.

There’s no work around. 

Past feedback I’ve been given is that users can highlight the url in the text field and the select to open it view right click options, etc. (I don’t like that suggestion, as I don’t think everyone knows that and I think it’s unnecessary friction)

There’s this idea you can vote for, but I haven’t seen any movement on this in years

There was a related idea that’s a bit more open, that has been archived. But it gives you some of the backstory: 

 

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    rachel.sullivanAuthor
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    Sep 23, 2025 4:35 PM UTC

    Thanks ​@DannyPancratz  for that insight! I was afraid that may be the only solution, so we will monitor if it will be a solution we decide to move forward with. 

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      JeniA
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      Sep 23, 2025 5:31 PM UTC

      Thanks for the link to the feature request, ​@DannyPancratz! I upvoted! We were also hoping to do a similar thing, because helping our community members showcase their expertise is foundational to our work. But, alas, it’s not possible. I hope this change comes in the future!

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