Broken Links (not including the .html)

[mcapodici]

To reproduce:

wyam.exe new --recipe Blog
wyam.exe --recipe Blog --theme CleanBlog

Run in IIS Express
Open site in browser

First Post link is "http://localhost:62812/posts/first-post"

Should be "http://localhost:62812/posts/first-post.html"

[mcapodici]

I just noticed there is the option

Wyam.exe --preview --watch

It works under this web server. I guess because it is mapping the urls.

However I think this is not extensible to deploy on a simple file hosting.

[daveaglick]

That's by design. Since most static hosts hide the .html extension to allow static sites to present nice extensionless URLs, that's the default for Wyam generation and the preview server.

You can change this behavior with a setting. Add this to your config.wyam file:

Settings[Keys.LinkHideExtensions] = false;

Keep in mind if you also want to use the preview server with extensions you'll need to pass --force-ext on the command line to prevent extensionless URLs from being valid (thus replicating a server like IIS).

[mcapodici]

@daveaglick - thanks for the explanation. It might be worth mention this on the quickstart so that it doesn't confuse people.

[daveaglick]

Good call, I'll make this behavior more obvious in the getting started docs (Wyamio/Wyam.Web#51).