Intranet link to network share, file:// link?

  • Hi guys, wondering if anyone can help me, I have setup a WordPress site as an intranet which works great however I can’t link to shared files on a network share.

    Within HTML you can create a link using the “file://server name/share name/file.etc” however using the menu feature built in WordPress it won’t allow “file://” for links only https:// etc…

    Has anyone got any ideas or a solution to this?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Is there any particular reason why you wouldn’t use the https:// URL to keep all things standard?

    Thread Starter Sug7

    (@sug7)

    Problem is https:// only works with web severs, the internal documents are stored on file servers using network shares.

    I am able to copy the documents across to the WordPress server and then link to them using https:// links no problem. But the issue I have is amendments, every time a document is changed it would mean copying it across every time.

    Our current intranet is developed using basic HTML and works fine with “file://” links.

    At a minimum, one needs to call the local executable and then the /switch (in this case the share path/file-name)…this is most often done with a network script, (and permissions)…loading local content in browsers is outdated…let me hack you and load my script in local is the example…it’s bad practice and insecure.

    Thread Starter Sug7

    (@sug7)

    Thanks for the information, does anyone have a secure alternative solution to this ?

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