### Author:  [@Whitestrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Whitestrake)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/1 "2016-07-15T04:32:27Z")
Hi guys,
On a newly-installed Discourse instance, I’m trying to hyperlink a Mumble server in a post body, which takes the form `mumble://example.com`.
I’ve tried with `` tag, as demonstrated in this example link which should lead to mumble://example.com.
I’m fairly new to running Discourse so I’m not sure if there’s a setting for security purposes perhaps that could be stripping the nonstandard protocol links? Possibly of note - the forum in question is running in a subfolder and seems to be fully functional, and the `mumble://` link is to the same domain as the forum itself, as the Murmur server is on the same instance.
Any direction would be much appreciated, cheers.
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/2 "2016-07-15T05:06:21Z")
Unrecognised URL schemes are not supported at present, however there’s a feature in the works to loosen these restrictions, so keep an eye out.
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### Author:  [@alldritt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alldritt)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/3 "2016-07-16T04:33:16Z")
We are trying to use the [`applescript` URL scheme](http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/linktrigger/) for code blocks in our Discourse forum and a solution for this issue would be very helpful.
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### Author:  [@Whitestrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Whitestrake)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/4 "2016-07-16T14:19:51Z")
Thanks for the heads up. Is there a PR or something I could follow?
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/5 "2016-07-17T22:55:42Z")
> [@alldritt](#):
>
> a solution for this issue would be very helpful.
That would be provided in the post above yours.
> [@Whitestrake](#):
>
> Is there a PR or something I could follow?
No, it’s just part of the intended featureset for 1.7, as described in #releases specifically, “Support alternate URL schemas if allowed such as `ftp://`, `steam://` etc”.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/6 "2016-10-24T19:11:52Z")
Support for more url schemes has been added! There’s a new setting called “allowed href schemes” where you can add a list of schemes to allow in links.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/7 "2016-10-24T19:39:25Z")
Testing:
Hey guys add me on [Steam](steam://friends/add/76561197988628148) to play some [Dota 2](steam://store/570) 🎮
EDIT: It works!
For better use:
- `steam://friends/add/76561197988628148` for adding someone
- `steam://store/570` for a game page
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/8 "2016-10-24T19:45:10Z")
Umm…nope. First link went to user search page. Second link went to store main page.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/9 "2016-10-24T19:47:29Z")
Both work for me. Which browser/OS are you on?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/10 "2016-10-24T19:50:55Z")
Me? Chrome 53, Windows 10 Pro.
Both links popped up this dialog where I clicked Launch Application:
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/11 "2016-10-24T19:51:45Z")
@jomaxro I had wrong links, try now!
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/12 "2016-10-24T19:53:11Z")
Add friend isn’t opening Steam at all now, Dota 2 link is working.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/13 "2016-10-24T19:54:51Z")
Did you add me manually?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/14 "2016-10-24T19:56:04Z")
Not that I’m aware of! I was never given an option to friend you…that’s wierd.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/15 "2016-10-24T19:57:00Z")
I used a too agressive option 😜
So it works, and now we are friends for life.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/16 "2016-10-24T20:00:49Z")
As long as the external protocol request happens for the given url, then it’s working. And making new friends is pretty cool too. 💚
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/17 "2016-10-24T20:29:21Z")
@neil the raw version should work too..
steam://store/570
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/18 "2016-10-24T20:30:54Z")
Yeah, I forgot about that case. Will handle it next.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/19 "2016-10-27T19:41:16Z")
We decided not to handle that case (raw text) since it’s tricky to get site settings into an engine like [auto-link](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/auto-link.js.es6).
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-http-s-urls-in-posts-not-hyperlinking-properly/47343/20 "2016-10-27T19:50:21Z")
Maybe we can postpone until commonmark move?
> **[6.7Autolinks - CommonMark Spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/0.25/#autolink)**
>
> A URI autolink consists of \<, followed by an absolute URI not containing \<, followed by \>. It is parsed as a link to the URI, with the URI as the link’s label.
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