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Can a "mailto:" link be used within Rise?
I'm currently testing out and learning rise. In an introductory "lesson" we would like to show photos and contact info for staff. I would like to make the staff person's email address be a link tha...
I have the same issue. It isn't working.
I tried is.gd and bitly and both options fail in Rise.
Rise responds with
"We are unable to generate an embed for this URL. Please check that the URL is valid and the content is publicly accessible."
When I try to paste the shortened link. I tried several emails and it's the same result each time.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Alex!
If you're getting that error, I believe that you are using the URL/Embed content type in Rise.
I would recommend that you use the Text block in Rise and then edit your text to add a hyperlink. Please check out my Peek video here to see a demonstration.
This is the shortened URL I used in the video:
https://is.gd/KRzR1D
This shortcut goes to mailto:someone@example.com
I see.
Ok so you can't use the URL/Embed. Good to know.
Thanks.
