# Email address In the new CMS 2

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392>\
**Category:** Elements CMS\
**Tags:** email, cms, content\
**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392 "2026-05-28T17:24:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392/1 "2026-05-28T17:24:26Z")

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On my ‘article’ page I have an item {{item.contact}} in the md file I have

contact: [someone@example.com](mailto:someone@example.com)

However this does not appear as a hyperlinked email, just plain text. What would be the correct format for this? Thanks

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392/2 "2026-05-28T17:32:45Z")

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There’s probably a few ways to do this, but you could try this…

Add `mailto:{{item.contact}}` as a link to the text in Elements, like this:

 ![CleanShot 2026-05-28 at 6 .31.08@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/c/d/cd3f5931108dbe2cc89dd082944011057d7a0d64.jpeg)

This will then pull in the email address from the CMS on the highlighted text and make it a clickable link 🙂

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**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392/3 "2026-05-28T17:53:25Z")

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> [@dan](#):
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> `mailto:{{item.contact}}`

Thanks Dan, works a treat 🙂

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/email-address-in-the-new-cms-2/56392/4 "2026-05-28T21:11:12Z")

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Whoohoo, that’s great news 🎉