{"id":47,"date":"2017-02-20T13:55:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/?p=47"},"modified":"2019-01-30T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:26:37","slug":"opening-an-external-url-from-a-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/opening-an-external-url-from-a-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening an External URL reference from a Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Referenced Information<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes you need to reference an external resource from an item. These external references can be easily achieved by adding\u00a0 a URL frame to a Cradle item type. Each instance of that item type can then hold a reference to an external resource. The URL can then be opened to view it from the link element in the form.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-47-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"315\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/open_url.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/open_url.mp4\">https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/open_url.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2>Creating a URL Frame<\/h2>\n<p>While the ability to reference external resources via URL in a form is useful, you must first assign the HTML frame type to your Item Type(s).<\/p>\n<p>It is very easy to do this, simply open <em>Project Setup &gt; <\/em>Go to<em> Item Types &gt; <\/em>Select your desired<em> Item Type <\/em>and click<em> &#8220;Frames&#8221;. <\/em>From here, create a new frame and then from the <em>Type<\/em> drop down select<em> &#8220;HTML&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4765\" style=\"width: 1021px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/URL-Frame.png\" alt=\"Screenshot showing how to assign a frame\" width=\"1021\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/URL-Frame.png 1021w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/URL-Frame-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/URL-Frame-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assigning a Frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hope you find this useful! For information on other useful frame types <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.4\/ProjectSetup\/Other\/prj_setup_itemdefs_frames.htm?SearchType=Stem&amp;Highlight=frame|frame|frame|frame||types|types|types|types|types\">see this cradle help article. <\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Article Updated 30\/01\/2019 &#8211; Added extra information<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/opening-an-external-url-from-a-form\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fopening-an-external-url-from-a-form%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referenced Information Sometimes you need to reference an external resource from an item. These external references can be easily achieved by adding\u00a0 a URL frame to a Cradle item type. Each instance of that item type can then hold a reference to an external resource. The URL can then be opened to view it from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/opening-an-external-url-from-a-form\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Opening an External URL reference from a Form&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[281,9],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-references","tag-forms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Opening an External URL reference from a Form - 3SL Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information on external URL references from items in Cradle in WorkBench\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/opening-an-external-url-from-a-form\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opening an External URL reference from a Form - 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