References linked to website by click

Question

I am new to LaTeX and I have the problem about linking the references to the available papers in the internet. I have loaded these packages

\usepackage[bibstyle=authoryear-ibid,citestyle=authoryear, backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{url}

I will get a bibliography in the thesis and the urls are shown. However, I am only interested in linking the references in the bibliography to the urls, I don't want them to be shown. This should be done by clicking on it.

Answer 1

An easy way to keep the link while hiding the URL is to set your URL in the corresponding entry in the .bib file like this:

note = {\href{http://www.something.com}{View online}}

instead of this

url = {http://www.something.com}

But it won't create a link over the whole entry.

EDIT: minimal example

.tex file:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[bibstyle=authoryear-ibid,citestyle=authoryear, backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{url}

\bibliography{biblio}

\begin{document}
Texttexttext \cite{ref1}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

.bib file:

@Article{ref1,
author = {Chuck Norris},
title = {About bibtex},
journal = {Journal},
year = {1999},
note = {\href{http://www.something.com}{View online}}
}