Add mailto link on Email field

Good morning! I have a CC connection with a field named "staff_email", containing (obviously) the staff member's email address. When displaying this connection on the front end, I want the email address to be linkable via "mailto". I have found the following thread:

http://chronoengine.com/forums/index.php?option=com_chronoforums&cont=posts&f=2&t=13178&p=26827&hilit=mailto+link+chronoconnectivity#p26827

but I don't think it pertains to me. I have tried using the following in the Frontend List Settings > Linkable Field(s):

AllTeachers.staff_email:mailto:AllTeachers.staff_email

to no avail. Is there a way to accomplish what I need?

So, it looks like the Linkable Field function only creates links within the CC extension (add, edit, etc). Is that correct?

Hmmm, it should be:

AllTeachers.staff_email:mailto:{AllTeachers.staff_email}

But I don't think this will work because the explode will not set a limit when exploding by the ":", so you may try to do it using a custom list ? or using the form event technique, I have just explained this method here:
http://www.chronoengine.com/forums/index.php?option=com_chronoforums&cont=posts&f=12&t=81710

Regards,
Max

Thanks, Max. I ended up using a Custom List and got it to work just fine.🙂

By the way, I bought my CC subscription pretty much sight-unseen, and based mostly on the excellence of CF. I am so glad I did!! This extension is SO powerful and yet so easy to use. Thanks so much for providing something useful that no one else is doing!!!😀 😀 😀

Rick

Hi Rick,

Great, thanks!🙂

Max