Article ID: 2001890 - Last Review: October 14, 2009 - Revision: 3.0

Emails Generated By Sharepoint Workflows Contain Invalid Hyperlinks

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Symptoms

Emails generated by workflows contain invalid hyperlinks for any resource that exists within the same web application. 
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Cause

The links are invalid due to the href, or the hyper link reference, containing a server-relative path.
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Resolution

In SharePoint Designer, Code View, add the HTML <base> tag at the beginning of the body for the email in the workflow.  The base tag specifies the default url to use for any relative links that may exist.

So for example, in this instance the following would be inserted at the top of the email body configured for the workflow:

<head>
<base href="http://portal.company.net" />
</head>

 

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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Keywords: 
KB2001890
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