How do I avoid http protocol in a link?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Amsterdam, Jan 28, 2008.

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  1. #1
    Hi all,

    I'm trying to add a "Skype" link to a Website. Unfortunately I'm not having much luck despite following the online advice to the letter.

    The problem seems to be that skype is a protocol, therefore the link will look like "skype:username?call". However, IE and Firefox seem to view this as an internal link and precede it with http://www.sitename.com thus rendering it useless.

    Does anybody know if there is a way to create an absolute link using the skype protocol?

    I hope this makes sense? :confused:

    T
     
    Amsterdam, Jan 28, 2008 IP
  2. twistedspikes

    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    I don't know of any way to do that.

    From my knowledge IE and FF (at least them two, if not more) will place http://www.site.com/ infront of anything that isn't mailto:... or http://...
     
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  3. wmtips

    wmtips Well-Known Member

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    It seems your site CMS changed your skype links, check your HTML source.This page has the test skype: links and my IE and FF open them correctly.
     
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  4. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Well-Known Member

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    You're right about it being the CMS (I'm using Cubecart). Unfortunately I checked the HTML and even tried hard coding the link into the sidebar, but it still adds the http:// stuff. :mad:

    Any ideas?

    T
     
    Amsterdam, Jan 30, 2008 IP