Allow protocol file:// in FieldType URL and CKEditor links

[AndZyk]

Hello,

I am currently building a intranet which will be hosted on the local network of a company. This intranet has many links to files on their fileserver with the protocol file://.

So for example the links look like this file://domain.tld/filename.ext

• When I try to insert such a link into a URL field, I get the error, that only the protocol http:// is allowed.
• When I try to insert such a link into a CKEeditor link, it gets stripped out.

Is it possible to insert such links into the FieldType URL and CKEditor.

I know that I could use a FieldType Text or insert a RewriteRule in the .htaccess file, but I am looking for a more elegant solution. ?

Regards, Andreas

[louisstephens]

I have not truly vetted the plugin, but there is this official plugin via CKEditor. It let me select from various protocols and has an "other" selection. I was able to successfully use the file:// protocol inside the href without it getting stripped.

[AndZyk]

Thank you @louisstephens for the hint. I tried it out, but the link still gets stripped out, even with disabled ACF. Do you have configured extra allowed content?

Maybe a RewriteRule in the .htaccess file would be the easiest solution. ?

[louisstephens]

4 hours ago, AndZyk said:

Thank you @louisstephens for the hint. I tried it out, but the link still gets stripped out, even with disabled ACF. Do you have configured extra allowed content?

Maybe a RewriteRule in the .htaccess file would be the easiest solution. ?

Ah, I did not have extra allowed content enabled, but it was a bit confusing for me as I had to add it to the toolbar and the icon appeared to be exactly like the current "url" icon. 

[AndZyk]

My solution for textareas with CKEditor is now a simple Textformatter module. ?

<?php
class TextformatterReplaceLinks extends Textformatter implements Module {

    public static function getModuleInfo() {
        return array(
            "title" => "Replace Links",
            "version" => "1.0.0",
            "summary" => "Find and replace links of domain.",
            "author" => "AndZyk",
            "singular" => true,
            "requires" => "ProcessWire>=2.6",
            "icon" => "link"
        );
    }

    /**
     * Find and replace the input string
     *
     * @param string $str The block of text to parse
     *
     * The incoming string is replaced with the formatted version of itself.
     *
     */

    public function format(&$str) {

        $str = preg_replace("/(http|https):\/\/example.com/", "file://example.com", $str);

    }
}

Regards, Andreas