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! ... View more