why is my site not redirecting to social sites but mydomain/facebook?

Question

I seem to be having an issue where my site doesn't appear to be redirecting correctly to social sites example below

https://www.shillerslist.com/https://t.me/shillerslist

Here's my code:

        <Link
          class='social-icon-link telegram'
          to='/https://t.me/shillerslist'
          target='https://t.me/shillerslist'
          aria-label='Telegram'
        >
          <i class="fab fa-telegram-plane"></i>
        </Link>

It keeps putting my website in front of the url and I'm not sure how I can stop it?

Does this answer your question? [React-Router open Link in new tab](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30202755/react-router-open-link-in-new-tab) — Osama Bin Saleem, Jul 29 '21 at 13:13
Could it be the leading slash in the *to* attribute? I would try with `to="https://t.me/shillerslist" target="_blaknk"` instead — Patrick Janser, Jul 29 '21 at 13:13

Osama Bin Saleem · Answer 1 · 2021-07-29T13:31:50.143

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Try this:

<Link
  className='social-icon-link telegram'
  to='https://t.me/shillerslist'
  target="_blank"
  aria-label='Telegram'
  rel="noopener noreferrer"
>
   <i className="fab fa-telegram-plane"></i>
</Link>

You can also use this one as well:

<a href={"https://t.me/shillerslist"} target="_blank"> 
  <i className="fab fa-telegram-plane"></i>
</a>

Also it seems your url: https://t.me/shillerslist is not working

edited Jul 29 '21 at 13:31

answered Jul 29 '21 at 13:12

Osama Bin Saleem

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yeah this isn't it, its like I've got a redirect to my site somewhere but can't see where – Peter Kirby Jul 29 '21 at 13:18
There was also a '/' at the start of the url. I've updated my answer. Try the updated one – Osama Bin Saleem Jul 29 '21 at 13:21
same thing occurs – Peter Kirby Jul 29 '21 at 13:23
So yeah that does redirect correctly but not quite what im looking for – Peter Kirby Jul 29 '21 at 13:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '21 at 14:05

I've solved it, it required // at the start of the link to.

        <Link
          class='social-icon-link telegram'
          link to="//t.me/shillerslist"
          target='_blank'
          aria-label='Telegram'
        >
          <i class="fab fa-telegram-plane"></i>
        </Link>

why is my site not redirecting to social sites but mydomain/facebook?

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