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How to add phone number hyperlinks to SharePoint when not supported [Work around]
June 17th, 2022
Categories: SharePoint

While setting up a new SharePoint site we came across an issue with one of the themes where the web parts don’t allow the tel:// protocol input. When adding a button the web part would only allow https:// and mailto:// protocols for some reason. The tel:// protocol was not allowed.

So a work around without creating a custom web part:

  • Create a new page on a public hosted site called. /dial.php
  • Paste the following code:
  • <?php
    if(isset($_GET[‘tel’])){
    echo’Dailing…’;
    header(“Location: tel://”.$_GET[‘tel’]);
    exit();
    }
    ?>
  • Save and upload

Now if you were to go to this url www.yourwebsite.co.uk/dial.php?tel=07865142628

This would trigger the tel: protocol to dial the users phone from within SharePoint.

 

 

 


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