Guided Landing Page - Link Issues

[Anonymous]

I have just coded up some guided landing pages for my team. I have added in mktoString's for them to link buttons, logos, etc. right from the editor. All of those links are adding in our website information ("info.thegordiangroup.com") in front of the link that we write. For example, Marketo is sending the link to "info.thegordiangroup.comwww.facebook.com" instead of just "www.facebook.com", which is what we type in the String editor.

Basically, it is treating the landing page as if it were a website, so it is always keeping that URL at the front. Is there a setting in Marketo to let outside links be stand alone?

If you have any fix or know what specifically we're doing wrong, it'd be a huge help!

Thanks!

[SanfordWhiteman]

Any link that doesn't start with a protocol (http:// or https:// or just //, as appropriate) is always appended to the current hostname.

[Anonymous]

Hi Sanford, I am on Christine's team. I gave this a try and unfortunately it did not work still. It only does this with links available in the Variables editor. Any other tricks up your sleeve?

Blaire

[Grégoire_Miche2]

Hi Blaire,

if the mktoString variable name is MySTrVar and contains "www.facebook.com", then the code in the  LP template should read:

<a href="http://§{MySTrVar}">text here</a>

or

<a href="https://§{MySTrVar}">text here</a>

For it to work.

-Greg