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YSK how to correctly link to other Lemmy communities (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world

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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!

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~This issue should be fixed now in the edited version of my post. I made a rather silly mistake in the original version that @justin@sh.itjust.works helped me solve.~~

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still crashing, sadly. I'm sure it's Jerboa though. It'll get sorted at some point, thanks anyway :-)

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bummer... looks like this is indeed a Jerboa issue (Github #556). Hopefully that gets resolved soon so we can have links that reliably work on every frontend.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah that'd be great.

Thanks for checking GitHub, I can't really find my way around on there. Good that it's a known issue at least.