Defining custom URLs

When adding a field to a Schema, you can specify a Custom URL. You may link to the same page for multiple fields. The Custom URL field allows you to turn field names into a hyperlink to a Web resource. For example, you can use custom URLs for the following purposes:

  • Provide customized help to content authors for the field
  • Fill in field values through code

To create a custom URL, you need to create a Web resource, say a Web page, to which you will link. After you have created this resource, you can specify the link for any field in a Schema. Set this URL on each of the fields you want to link to the resource.

You can set a Custom URL for any field type. Embedded Schema fields may also have a Custom URL; however, you cannot set or retrieve the value because this field type does not contain data, only other fields.

When a content editor creates an item that uses the schema (such as a Component) the description of the field is clickable. When the content author clicks on the description, a new window appears which loads the URL you specified in the Schema.