Why YSK: right now, Lemmy’s autocomplete for the !community syntax isn’t working correctly.

It will appear to work, like so:

But the link produced will redirect you away from your home instance and leave you unable to vote/subscribe…

To fix this issue, you’ll need to manually edit the autocompleted link like so:

BAD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/youshouldknow)

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Remove the domain (i.e.: https://lemmy.world) & append the @ identifier (i.e.: @lemmy.world)

GOOD LINK: [!youshouldknow@lemmy.world](/c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world)

Removing the domain like this transforms it into a local link which prevents the instance redirection. Doing this will make it easier for newcomers to join your community and participate in discussions!

Those interested can monitor Github issues #369 & #1048 for when this UI bug is fixed!

  • cowvin@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Hmm this still doesn’t quite work for those of us visiting from kbin because from kbin we access this community as: https://kbin.social/m/youshouldknow@lemmy.world/ so even the /c/ doesn’t match up.

    We probably will need some special markup that each instance converts to their own local community / magazine format.

    • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Of course! Perhaps one of the greatest public goods to come out of FOSS is the public bug tracker. Not a “known issue” list, not a “ticket system”, but rather a place where you can see work happening on your issue in realtime.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Hi - just FYI, the Good link makes the app Jerboa crash (for me at least). Probably something needing changed in the app, but wanted to share anyway.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    YSK that a URL without a protocol or domain is a relative URL.

    It’s “relative” to the page that it’s displayed on.

    Your browser fills in the protocol and domain from the URL of the page you’re on when you click on it. That’s how it stays local to the instance that you’re viewing it on.

  • FlaxPicker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you are using the mlem app to browse, the good link will crash your app so don’t click it for now. They are aware and it is raised as an issue in their github.