# Base URL in custom welcome message

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/base-url-in-custom-welcome-message/369254
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** automation
**Created:** [June 7, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/base-url-in-custom-welcome-message/369254 "2025-06-07T18:34:23Z")
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### Author: ![sallypf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sallypf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sallypf)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/base-url-in-custom-welcome-message/369254/1 "2025-06-07T18:34:23Z")

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I want to add link to user’s account page in the welcome message.  
I’m not able to find the base url variable. I’ve tried following but they don’t work. What is the correct base url variable?

```plaintext
[Account](%{base_uri}/u/{{receiver_username}}/preferences/account)
[Account](%{base_url}/u/{{receiver_username}}/preferences/account)

```

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