# Does Gramps export attributes to GedCom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 18, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970 "2025-07-18T21:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PLegoux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/plegoux/32/413_2.png) [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/21 "2025-07-27T14:37:07Z")
> [@105rn](#): > > so where to put the url of a source citation ? To do what? - to be able to click it: in a note - to export it in a Gedcom file: in a note or the Publication field - to send your data to Geneanet using the GedcomToGeneanet addon: in a note, the Publication field or using a source or citation attribute ---
**Author:** ![hartenthaler](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/hartenthaler/32/3404_2.png) [@hartenthaler](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/hartenthaler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/22 "2025-07-27T16:25:09Z")
If you like to have a complete discussion about GEDCOM Import and export, start it in a new thread. I will be there. First it is a question of the target: - what should be imported (only valid 5.5.1, valid 7.0, some importand dialects like GEDCOM-L addendum,…, any well formated GEDCOM)? - What should be exported (anything that was imported, even if it was not recognized by Gramps or only information that is understood by Gramps)? - support for import and export of media files - export filter for data security (living persons) Then there is a question about the software architecture: should there be a central import/export module that can read and write any GEDCOM standard format or are there several modules for 5.5.1, for 7.0, and so on. Support for user configured import and export filters and conversions for special needs. And then project management: staffing, responsibilities, priorities, migration, documentation, testing, … ---
**Author:** ![105rn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/105rn/32/7415_2.png) [@105rn](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/105rn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/23 "2025-07-27T19:03:14Z")
> [@PLegoux](#): > > To do what? I currently use a software program (Heredis) that allows me to specify a URL into a specific field in a source (clickable link), but unfortunately, this program is only available for single-user use. I’d like to try the Gramps Desktop + Gramps Web combo with its synchronization (but no Geneanet export). However, I’d only make the switch to Gramps if I don’t lose any important information (witnesses) and if I regain a minimum of the “comfort” I had with Heredis. I’d like to have the equivalent of clickable links for citations of recorded documents. What is the best method? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![hartenthaler](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/hartenthaler/32/3404_2.png) [@hartenthaler](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/hartenthaler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/24 "2025-07-28T05:58:05Z")
Where can I formulate a feature request that a URL in a source publication field should become clickable? ---
**Author:** ![PLegoux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/plegoux/32/413_2.png) [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/25 "2025-07-28T07:47:18Z")
> [@105rn](#): > > I’d like to try the Gramps Desktop + Gramps Web combo with its synchronization (but no Geneanet export). Maybe you could ask @DavidMStraub too to know how Gramps Web manage web links and choose the best way for you ---
**Author:** ![DavidMStraub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davidmstraub/32/7_2.png) [@DavidMStraub](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DavidMStraub)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/26 "2025-07-28T08:32:17Z")
Gramps Web detects links and makes them clickable almost everywhere. See here for the almost completed feature request. > > > This is an extension of this feature request to other Gramps reports: > https://g…ramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13337 > > It would be very nice if reports that show the citations/sources/attributes would detect URLs in the most common places to have them, and made them clickable. > > This could potentially be done with detecting if there is a http:// or https:// or something like that and wrap it in a link tag. Unless that causes issues I cant think of. > > I think some of the most common locations you may put URLs are: > Citation Volume/Page field. > Source Publication field. > Attributes, both on citation and sources ---
**Author:** ![105rn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/105rn/32/7415_2.png) [@105rn](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/105rn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/27 "2025-07-28T17:30:22Z")
> [@DavidMStraub](#): > > Gramps Web detects links and makes them clickable almost everywhere. ```python Good evening, Thank you !! I just have to figure out how to use it (no idea yet, and I'm a bit lost) ``` ---
**Author:** ![PLegoux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/plegoux/32/413_2.png) [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/28 "2025-07-29T08:27:17Z")
> [@hartenthaler](#): > > I’m not sure if I understood your first point. The map is of interest for a place or a region. You found the map on a web page. So you define a source with the link to the map. This source does not proof anything, but helps in understanding where something happened. Is this correct? It makes sense to me. But then you are saying that the map is linked to the location. But how can you establish such a link without a source citation? This source simply references where this map came from. I usually don’t find a citation necessary; I just attach the map to the place record and that’s enough. Its references are sufficient. Sometimes I might only take a piece of the map and then I might add a citation explaining why there’s only a portion of the map. > [@hartenthaler](#): > > You said that you are adding a ToDo to such a unlinked source. I would prefer the other way around: add a unlinked ToDo record and link to a source (and an archive) in the ToDo. I attach the note to the object, here the source, on which I want to work. I only link to this object when it is only a working reference. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/does-gramps-export-attributes-to-gedcom/7970/29 "2025-08-28T08:27:41Z")
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