# Improvements to URLs in custom user fields when they link to the forum domain

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-urls-in-custom-user-fields-when-they-link-to-the-forum-domain/37291
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 31, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-urls-in-custom-user-fields-when-they-link-to-the-forum-domain/37291 "2015-12-31T01:18:17Z")
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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-urls-in-custom-user-fields-when-they-link-to-the-forum-domain/37291/4 "2016-03-19T17:22:44Z")

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We now have a howto for this:

> [@(Retired) Use an ID in a custom user field to link to a user's external profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-custom-user-field-to-external-website/41218):
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> Let’s say you want to add a link of User’s main profile page on Discourse user profile page and user card, clicking on that link will take user to main (external) website. The link of main website user profile page will be like: http://myawesomewebsite.com/user/USER\_PROFILE\_ID Let’s get started! Create a custom user field Let’s create a user field with name User Profile. Make sure “Show on public profile?” option is enabled. The above field will store external user profile IDs. A…

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