Link in description doesn't work

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Summary

I added a link to a documentation site in the description of my asset but when I click on it the url of the listing is added in front of the documentations url which returns a page not found error because its trying to open a page on fab that consists of the listings url with the documentations url appended.

What type of bug are you experiencing?

Publishing

URL where the bug was encountered

https://www.fab.com/listings/42daded4-1ca3-4d65-b1d0-e30e697d6ab1

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Add a link to the description of a listing
  2. Publish the listing
  3. click on the link on the listings page

Expected Result

redirect to the link’s url

Observed Result

redirect to an url that cosists of the listings url and the links url

Platform

Google Chrome

Operating System

Windows 10

Additional Notes

the documentation is on a notion site. Idk if that is a problem but I observed notion being used by other sellers which is why I chose to use it in the first place.
Also this is not a terrible bug, since you can still get the documentations url from part of the wrong url, but it’s not a great user experience.

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Hi, you should write the url:
https://bentzge.notion.site/Red-Fox-12e22bbab7e680448f70e8b25ab59355
instead of
https://www.fab.com/listings/bentzge.notion.site/Bentzge-s-Red-Fox-12e22bbab7e680448f70e8b25ab59355

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Thanks for sharing this report, @Bentzge . We’re taking a look.

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Alrighty. @Arodi007 nailed the solution - you need to be sure to include the “https://” in any URL that you put into your description. If you do not include that, the site treats it as a local link and appends it to https://www.fab.com

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Also just to point out the “publishing guidelines” in the “community” button on main menu of FAB goes to French translation

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Thank you for the quick response, this solved it! I didn’t realize that the share button on notion doesn’t include the https:// prefix.