# Handle external urls in topic body for subfolder installation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/handle-external-urls-in-topic-body-for-subfolder-installation/75330>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handle-external-urls-in-topic-body-for-subfolder-installation/75330 "2017-12-04T09:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handle-external-urls-in-topic-body-for-subfolder-installation/75330/15 "2018-05-24T10:20:19Z")

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The problem is we have virtually no customers running this way and we always recommend against it. Furthermore the way you have

```
example.com/content

```

Next to

```
example.com/forum

```

is even _more_ odd … which means this is super rare in the wild. It also does not make sense for us to prioritize any fixes here because none of our customers benefit.

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