If my component is installed on three different forums: https://forum.someone.com/ https://other.com/forum https://player.com/ How do I extract the base URI if I’m in a subdirectory like https://forum.someone.com/mytopic/blablaba?

i think perhaps you may be looking for this feature, which is not merged yet [image] How do I add links to site settings into the settings description of my component? Dev Once this PR is merged, you’ll be able to use %{base_path} in theme setting descriptions:

Where do you want to use it? The Reddit-ish theme, for example, uses discourse/helpers/base-path in the template to create the “the category list” link in the welcome message on the right. [image] javascripts/discourse/components/sidebar-welcome.gjs 01cf31807 …

In a component, how do I find out the base URI of the forum?

Development

Lilly June 13, 2025, 5:33pm 2

i think perhaps you may be looking for this feature, which is not merged yet

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In a component, how do I find out the base URI of the forum?

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