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Is there a way to make instance-agnostic links? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there a way to make a link to a community of a foreign instance that opens on the instance of the user that clicks on it?

For example, I would like to make a link to [email protected] that, when a user of bar.com clicks on it, opens https://bar.com/c/[email protected] instead of https://foo.com/c/some_community.

If it's not possible, don't you think it would be convenient?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Once your Lemmy web frontend upgrades to version 0.18, the following should all auto-link with no extra syntax:

These should then all link to the instance you're currently on.

Note: because this is implemented in the frontend and does not change the underlying data, other Fediverse clients will not show these the same unless they also implement this themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought it worked if you just linked /c/[email protected]
~~With the only caveat being that users on kbin will need /m/asklemmy.ml~~
With the only caveat being that users on kbin will need /m/[email protected]

I would normally test the crap out of these before posting since I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'm on my phone and mostly busy at the moment. Sorry if it doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kbin needs /m/[email protected] (domain is important) or a bit simpler is with an @ symbol in front: @asklemmy (note: the domain is here but kbin currently renders it without the domain -- that needs to be changed as it has potential to confuse and mislead)

Downside to the /m/[email protected] format is that it doesn't currently auto linkify. Gotta do [/m/[email protected]](/m/[email protected]) (/m/[email protected])

Hopefully kbin soon fixes the [email protected] syntax. It's currently broken. Once fixed, that should work for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weirdly enough on kbin.social for me /m/asklemmy.ml link in the post worked for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm the problem. As feared I fudged it up as I was rushing to type it up on my phone. As @CoderKat mentioned, the problem with typing it out as /m instead of using @, is that you have to manually enter the visible text in [ ] and the hyperlink in ( ). I got the hyperlink correct and beefed it on the visible text.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what this does:

[Some text here](/c/[email protected])

Tap the 'more' skinny hamburger menu just ~~above~~ below this message to 'view source' of the below:

blah blah blah links to [email protected]

Actually..better, here is one for an instance that is neither yours or the one you posted into:

blay harg vlar

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