(Retired) Use an ID in a custom user field to link to a user's external profile

For anyone who is not a coder wanting to link words in a customized user field to a webpage, here is how you do it.

I wanted to add this customized field at sign up, so I filled in the form like so:

With this code in the field description (thanks to @dax) for the linked words:

I am cool with the guidelines <a href=https://forums.wethepeoplejournal.com/faq">found here</a>

This is the custom field new members see. They click on “found here” to review our groundrules, which are strict due to the toxic climate in local town forums, which we are working to avoid:

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