Hello I use Discourse as a Intranet Forum. Now I try to make a Hyperlink to a file on a servershare (\\server.domain.local\share\file.txt). When I create a link to a UNC path, it appears, but it does not work. When I click on the link nothing happens. Thats the code I try in Discourse: [My Fil…

Hi David That does the trick :grinning::thumbsup: Thank you!

It looks like the updated markdown renderer won’t convert file:// paths properly ( discourse 1.9.5 )

Hello, I have added file to “allowed href schemes” but when I create a hyperlink using a file:// url, Discourse will post it with https instead of file. Then when changing the https back to “file” it’s still opening a https link when clicking on it. Is the “file” scheme supported in Discourse(I’m…

@jomaxro can you verify we didn’t regress on href scheme support?

Can confirm that we did not regress completely, adding ftp or steam works. I cannot get file to work, however, though that could just mean I’m doing something wrong. Never used the file href scheme before. [image]

Why are there an unusual number of forward slashes in there? Shouldn’t it be the same pattern for all schemes?

[imagen] codinghorror: Why are there an unusual number of forward slashes in there? No clue. As mentioned, I’ve never seen the file href before. I used 3 for my screenshot as that’s what I saw over on SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12837024/href-file-doesnt-work . In any case, I tried…

Is there any update on this issue? I run in the same problem using latest version. File is not working as expected.

Hi, I’m trying to use local links to PDF documents on local shared network device. I run Discourse locally as a documentation tool. I have tried to add “file” in the href settings, but cannot get a working local link. Is there any way around this? Is this broken or am I doing it wrong?

We should check this again @jomaxro

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david (David Taylor) 19 Junio, 2017 09:36 2

Have you added “file” to the allowed href schemes site setting?

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Link to a UNC path

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