Embedded links are not working

Sometimes, it happends that the links added within an email message does not work when these are accessed from the email client.

The most common reason for which this is happening, is that the links are converted from absolute paths, into relative paths, by the text editor used in the website. This doesn't work as relative paths, as they suggest, are relative to something, in this case, relative to your website. Since these will not include your website as well, it's actually normal they won't work.

Example:

http://www.yoursite.com/about-us.html - absolute path

/about-us.html - relative path

Below is a list with the most commonly used editors and the steps you need to take in order to prevent the link conversion from happening.

TinyMCE Editor

For TinyMCE editor you will have to take the following steps:

• Head to Extensions > Plugins
• Search for TinyMCE and click on the plugin
• Scroll down to "URLs" option and set this to "Absolute"
• Save

JCE Editor

For JCE editor you will have to take the following steps:

• Head to Components > JCE Editor > Control Panel > Editor Profiles
• Select the profile you want to configure the editor for.
• Switch to "Editor Parameters" tab
• Set to "No" the "Relative URLs" option within the "Cleanup&Output" tab on the left
• Save

CKEditor

For CKEditor you will have to take the following steps:

• Head to Components > CKEditor
• Switch to "Advanced Settings" tab
• Set to "Enabled" the "Absolute URL in link browser" option
• Save

Ark Editor

For Ark Editor you will have to take the following steps:

• Head to Components > Ark Editor > Control Panel
• Switch to "Advanced Settings" tab
• Set to "Enabled" the "Absolute URL in link browser" option
• Save