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Hi everyone,
I am hosting my Muse website at Business Catalyst. But of course I don´t want to my users to see where the site is hosted.
Thus my real URL is like: "www.mywebsite-businesscatalyst.com" but I made an adjustmend in my BC account so the URL which shows up in the browser is "www.mywebsite.com" (example)
Now – here comes my problem:
I want to have a link to an other website on my homepage.
When I click on the button, I am transferred to the other website, but the URL still shows "www.mywebsite.com"
But in this case I want it to show the real URL of the other website "www.theotherwebsite.com" (example)
Is this something I can change via Muse or via Buiness Catalyst?
Or can I change it at all, if I want to keep the settings with "my fake URL" www.mywebsite.com
I am so lost here!
Please help.
Thanks XOX,
best Frenchfries

Hi
You can hyperlink the button to external page url , which when clicked will take the user to external link.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-muse/creating-a-hyperlink-in-muse/
Please let me know if this is not what you are looking for.
Thanks,
Sanjit

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