Tiny.write.as: shortened internal links create broken links

[jakelacaze]

(I’m probably not using the correct technical lingo, so I’ll elaborate below.)

The screenshot below shows a post that has a link pointing to one of my other posts.

I created this link using the following syntax:

[Polywork is fixing personal branding](/link-to-post).

The problem is that, on tiny.write.as, that link is generated as: https://tiny.write.as/link-to-post.

But to work, the link should be: https://tiny.write.as/jakelacaze/link-to-post.

tiny.write.as needs to include the username in the link.

Let me know if I need to explain this better.

[davepolaschek]

Not positive, but I think you need to make the link of the form ./link-to-post rather than /link-to-post so that it will pick up the correct “directory.”

[jakelacaze]

But doing it the way I’ve described works for site versions other than tiny.write.as. (See blog.jakelacaze.com).

There should be one way to make links for both forms.

[davepolaschek]

The ./link form should work for everything, too. It’s a relative link into the same directory. Without the initial dot, you’re making an absolute link to the root of the website.