Text string link problem

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Hi guys,

When I put a full link in the text string using "http://www". the link works but if you only use "www", it just links to the node path.

Any way around this? I want it so either way, the link will work with or without http://?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet 
	version="1.0" 
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
	xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
	xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltCommon="urn:Exslt.ExsltCommon" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes="urn:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltMath="urn:Exslt.ExsltMath" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions="urn:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltStrings="urn:Exslt.ExsltStrings" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltSets="urn:Exslt.ExsltSets" xmlns:Examine="urn:Examine" 
	exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets Examine ">


<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<xsl:variable name="siteRoot" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::* [@nodeTypeAlias='FrontPage']"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

<xsl:variable name="facebook" select="$siteRoot/facebook"/>
<xsl:variable name="twitter" select="$siteRoot/twitter"/>
<xsl:variable name="googlePlus" select="$siteRoot/googlePlus"/>
<xsl:variable name="linkedIn" select="$siteRoot/linkedIn"/>
<xsl:variable name="instagram" select="$siteRoot/instagram"/>
	
<ul id="socialIcons">	
	
<xsl:if test="$facebook != ''">
	<li>
		<a href="{$facebook}" target="_blank">
			<div id="facebook"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space('')"/></div>
		</a>
	</li>
</xsl:if>
	
<xsl:if test="$twitter != ''">
	<li>
		<a href="{$twitter}" target="_blank">
			<div id="twitter"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space('')"/></div>
		</a>
	</li>
</xsl:if>
	
<xsl:if test="$googlePlus != ''">
	<li>
		<a href="{$googlePlus}" target="_blank">
			<div id="googlePlus"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space('')"/></div>
		</a>
	</li>
</xsl:if>	
	
<xsl:if test="$linkedIn != ''">
	<li>
		<a href="{$linkedIn}" target="_blank">
			<div id="linkedIn"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space('')"/></div>
		</a>
	</li>
</xsl:if>	
	
<xsl:if test="$instagram != ''">
	<li>
		<a href="{$instagram}" target="_blank">
			<div id="instagram"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space('')"/></div>
		</a>
	</li>
</xsl:if>
	
</ul>
	
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://our.umbraco.com/forum/63148-text-string-link-problem