I have a database collection that is a set of reports where the report can be a URL to a webpage or to an uploaded PDF (a Wix document). The problem is that if I set the field type for the reportURL to URL, Wix flags its own URL format to an uploaded document as an error (not a valid URL depite that clicking on it goes tot he uploaded doc). If I set the field type to TEXT, then I can have URLs to the web or to a local Wix document, but Wix then selecting the field as a link destination (since it’s no longer of type URL) - for example, if I display the record as a table and want the user to click on the row to be redirected to the report URL.
Is there any way around this? Ideally, this is a feature request for Wix to include its own URLs as valid for field of type URL.
The Wix Url formats is not actually used as urls in that sense for than it’s a path to a image, file and so on. I would do two fields, one for wix formats and one for others and in your repeater or what you use check which one has a valid value and use that.
Thanks! That’s my current workaround, but it’s very awkward, since I want to link the report table row, so clicking on it redirects the browser to the URL (which I can’t do if it’s in two different fields) - at least not via the Wix interface.
Dear Andreas, I have a similar query wherein whenever I upload a PDF document in the media manager and publish the site, Wix assigns it a weird URL which is not starting with the name of my website. This creates confusion and web crawlers are unable to read my pdf documents. I request you to please assist me.