When I add an internal link on my Discourse instance like… https://MyWebsite.com/t/MyCategory It will resolve to a more user friendly link that looks like… My Category - My Website Name Notice how it includes - My Website Name But when I post an internal link from Meta.Discourse.org in the Met…

Is the link being used internal use? There is also an option to Wrap Text in [Text]followed by the link wraped in “(link)” ie This topic post#1 [This topic post#1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-website-name-links-shared-in-a-topic-post/257646?u=heliosurge) You can also do this to t…

[image] James: the solution Ah! Thought you already were aware since you used this method in your OP: It will resolve to a more user friendly link that looks like... [My Category - My Website Name](https://MyWebsite.com/t/MyCategory)

Yeah it can be hard when multiple roots have value. A #theme-component you might like for sharing content externally as links can be quite long. Is Share Link Shortener [image] Share Link Shortener Theme component discourse2 Summary Share Link Shortene…

I think he was looking to strip the link down if not mistaken to bare minimum. My final shortened link is handy as it also prevents an issue if the client changes domain name breaking the links.

Your right. I did know how to use… [image] Michael Brown: It will resolve to a more user friendly link that looks like... [My Category - My Website Name](https://MyWebsite.com/t/MyCategory) In a perfect world, I was hoping for a checkbox to untick [ ] Exclude Website Name from Internal Ca…

This is kind of what I was wondering… since we exclude the site name from intra-site topic links, we may want to also exclude the site name from intra-site category links. I should mention there’s another way of doing this that might suit you: #feature (#feature) gives you a direct link to the cate…

This will be of interest for you and other users [Screenshots_2023-03-09-18-07-54] [Screenshots_2023-03-09-18-08-16] Share link shortener

Excellent suggestion for both Category link and tags.

[image] Dan DeMontmorency: I think he was looking to strip the link down if not mistaken to bare minimum. Negative. No matter how long or short the URL is, its resolved to a friendly name MyCategory/Topic - MyWebsiteName [image] Dan DeMontmorency: My final shortened link is handy as it …

You don’t need that newline; you can do e.g.: [This Topic](/t/257646) This Topic

[image] James: Regarding the shortened link… [image] Heliosurge: [This topic post#1](/t/ /257646) I love that feature! I was worried that if someone was to right click and copy the link it would copy /t/ /257646 but it will actually still copy the entire URL which is great for those who …

How to remove "Website Name" links shared in a topic/post?

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How to remove "Website Name" links shared in a topic/post?

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