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@@ -15,3 +15,64 @@ When you're on /About/, any generated links get mapped to /Policy/ and NOT /Abou
 I used to be able to use relative links or absolute ones to get the links I want, and now I can't do either. The generated link results in a 404 due to the stripping of a directory.
 
 I don't know if it's related to the fact that I have one ikiwiki install under another (/blog/ under / is also ikiwiki), but both are FUBAR.
 I used to be able to use relative links or absolute ones to get the links I want, and now I can't do either. The generated link results in a 404 due to the stripping of a directory.
 
 I don't know if it's related to the fact that I have one ikiwiki install under another (/blog/ under / is also ikiwiki), but both are FUBAR.

+
+> what do you mean by generated links: do you mean the output of
+> [[ikiwiki/wikilink]]s? Or are you generating links some other way?
+> When you say "on /About/, any generated links get mapped to
+> /Policy/ and NOT /About/Policy" can you provide an example of what
+> source generates the link? -- [[Jon]]
+
+>> No, a \[[map]] call, such as:
+>>
+>> (actual code)<br />
+>> = = = = =<br />
+>> \[[!map pages="About/*" show="title"]]<br />
+>> = = = = =<br />
+>>
+>> The end result is:<br />
+>> (actual code)
+>>
+<pre>
+&lt;div class="map">
+&lt;ul>
+&lt;li>&lt;a class="mapitem" href="./Policy/">Policy&lt;/a>
+&lt;ul>
+&lt;li>&lt;a class="mapitem" href="./Policy/Microblog/">Microblogging subscription policy&lt;/a>
+&lt;/li>
+&lt;/ul>
+&lt;/li>
+&lt;/ul>
+&lt;/div>
+</pre>
+
+> I'm also confused about what is generating the links. The map directive?
+> You? --[[Joey]]
+
+>> see above :)
+
+>> I suspect this is due to git scanning everything under the pwd of the .git/ directory, but not totally so.
+
+>>> Ikiwiki never, ever, looks in directories with names starting with a
+>>> dot. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>> Other ikiwiki sites I have don't do this, and work OK, on the same server, but different docroots.
+
+>>> Well, I've moved my blog to under my site's docroot - in terms of git
+>>> and ikiwiki - and it's still cutting out a whole directory level. I
+>>> have no idea what's going on. I need to check the code. The site is at
+>>> http://simonraven.kisikew.org/ - if you follow the "About" link, you'll
+>>> understand exactly what's going on, if you look at the URL in your
+>>> status bar (or under your cursor if you're using a text browser).
+
+>>>> Your page contains the following in its html:
+>>>>   `<base href="../" />`
+>>>> 
+>>>> Given a link like "./Policy/", which is *correct*, and when on the
+>>>> About page will normally link to the About/Policy page, this causes
+>>>> the link to really link to ".././Policy/" which is of course broken.
+>>>> 
+>>>> Ikiwiki's standard page templates do not contain this base tag, so
+>>>> I guess your customised templates are broken. --[[Joey]] [[done]]
+
+>>>>> I totally forgot about that tag... good catch. I was thinking it was my template that was broken, since yesterday, but I couldn't see what. Thank you very much for your eyes.
+