If you can’t exclude the hostname as the object is written, you can still take the substring(8) and use that.
You don’t actually have to have the <a> inline with the <table>, but it’s obviously fine if you’re comfortable with it.
Don’t forget to change the closing </v:roundrect> to </a:roundrect>,
Great, I'll keep this thread posted. Thanks for the a:roundrect reminder. 😉
Just a follow up, but we are deciding to not change the URL field in the Custom Object, so I've gone ahead and used your suggestion and created this:
In the Velocity Script:
#set($anchorLinkCustomObjectStripped = $anchorLinkCustomObject.substring(8))
In the Content:
<a href="https://${anchorLinkCustomObjectStripped}" target="_blank">Some Anchor Text Here</a>
Thanks again for all of your assistance on this!