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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...
Hi Martin,
Mailto: URLs do not work but what you can do is to use a URL shortener to create an HTTP address that forwards to your mailto: URL. There are a few URL shorteners available out there but I have found that it works with http://is.gd. On the is.gd site, enter your mailto: URL like "mailto:someone@example.com" and then click on the "Shorten!" button. Copy the generated HTTP URL shortcut and use that URL in your Rise hyperlink.
Here is a sample course with mailto links:
To give credit where credit is due, I found the solution in this thread.
John
Thank you, this worked a treat
