Make relative link to directory

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I’d like to supply downloads to a blog post. I would like to place the files in the same folder as the blog post.

The directory struture generated from hugo is the following:

public/2016/06/22/
├── myasset.xml
└── mypost
    └── index.html

How can I link from my post to the file myasset.xml without giving the full URL such as [download](/2016/06/22/myasset.xml) - which would be bad if I decide to move the post.

2

You could make the path relative to the current directory (/). Then your link would be [download](/myasset.xml) and can be moved without problems.

3

I don’t think that would work, @digitalcraftsman.

You could, however, construct your DL URLs using {{ .Dir }} (on Page).

4

I have tried to use {{ .Dir }} on my .md page, but this is not replaced by anything. The output contains the characters {{ .Dir }}. Perhaps I have done something wrong?

Thanks

Patrick

5

That is template syntax, it doesn’t work directly in content files. If you’re gonna use it outside of the template files, you’ll need to wrap it in a shortcode.

Note that in shortcode it will be {{ .Page.Dir }}

6

Thank you, bep. This works now. In my content file I have this:

[my asset](/{{<thisdirectory>}}/myasset.xml) and the following shortcode at thisdirectory.html:

{{ .Page.Dir }}

Thanks again!

Patrick

7

… even better now:

this is my content file:

{{<download "myasset.xml" >}}

and this is the shortcode download.html file:

<a href="/{{ .Page.Dir }}{{ index .Params 0 }}" download="{{ index .Params 0}}">{{ index .Params 0}}</a>

Which is exactly what I need. Thank you for your help!

Patrick

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