# 500.html needs absolute links in original English texts

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**Created:** [2016 年7 月 6 日 03:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-html-needs-absolute-links-in-original-english-texts/46879 "2016-07-06T03:19:37Z")\
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作者： ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
发布日期： [2016 年7 月 7 日 19:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-html-needs-absolute-links-in-original-english-texts/46879/3 "2016-07-07T19:49:38Z")

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> [@meglio](#):
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> Here, the link should be absolute and link to the meta category of the Discourse Meta website

I don’t agree with linking to the Discourse Meta website. The site owner should be notified, not us.

The problem with putting a link in those static html files is that they won’t work on subfolder installs. We should avoid putting a link at all.

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