diff --git a/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/EasyTimelinePlugin.pm b/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/EasyTimelinePlugin.pm
index 58bd999..b46351e 100644
--- a/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/EasyTimelinePlugin.pm
+++ b/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/EasyTimelinePlugin.pm
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ sub handleTimeline {
               or return "!$pluginName Error: *tmp folder $tmpDir could not be created*";
         }
 
+        # convert links
+        $text =~ s/\[\[([$Foswiki::regex{mixedAlphaNum}\._\:\/-]*)\]\[([$Foswiki::regex{mixedAlphaNum} \/&\._-]*)\]\]/&renderLink($1, $2, $web, $topic)/egs;
+        
         # output the timeline text into the tmp file
         open OUTFILE, ">$tmpFile.txt"
           or return "!$pluginName Error: could not create file";
@@ -130,13 +133,11 @@ sub handleTimeline {
             ' -i %INFILE|F% -m -P ' .
             $Foswiki::cfg{Plugins}{$pluginName}{PloticusCmd} . # /usr/local/bin/pl
             ' -T %TMPDIR|F% -A ' .
-            $Foswiki::cfg{ScriptUrlPath} . 'view' . $Foswiki::cfg{ScriptSuffix} . # /bin/view/
-            '/%WEB|F%';
+            $Foswiki::cfg{ScriptUrlPath} . 'view' . $Foswiki::cfg{ScriptSuffix}; # /bin/view/
         &writeDebug("Command: $cmd");
         my ( $output, $status ) = Foswiki::Sandbox->sysCommand(
             $cmd,
             INFILE => $tmpFile . '.txt',
-            WEB    => $web,
             TMPDIR => $tmpDir,
         );
         &writeDebug("$pluginName: output $output status $status");
@@ -222,6 +223,20 @@ sub handleTimeline {
     }
 }
 
+# converts Foswiki style links into absolute Mediawiki style links that work with the EasyTimelne.pl script
+sub renderLink {
+    # [[$link][$title]]
+    my ($link, $title, $web, $topic) = @_;
+    
+    if( $link =~ m!^http://! ){
+        return "[[$link|$title]]"
+    } else {
+        my ( $linkedWeb, $linkedTopic ) = Foswiki::Func::normalizeWebTopicName( '', $link );
+        my $url = Foswiki::Func::getScriptUrl( $linkedWeb, $linkedTopic, 'view' );
+        return "[[$url|$title]]";
+    }
+}
+
 # =========================
 sub cleanTmp {
     my $dir    = shift;
diff --git a/tools/EasyTimeline.pl b/tools/EasyTimeline.pl
index 788bbef..81e200c 100644
--- a/tools/EasyTimeline.pl
+++ b/tools/EasyTimeline.pl
@@ -4999,79 +4999,26 @@ sub ProcessWikiLink
       { $link = "[[" . $link . "]]" ; }
 
       $text =~ s/(\[+) [^\|\]]+ \| ([^\]]*) (\]+)/$1$2$3/gx ;
-      $text =~ s/(https?)\:/$1colon/gx ;
+      #$text =~ s/(https?)\:/$1colon/gx ;
 #     $text =~ s/(\[+) [^\:\]]+ \: ([^\]]*) (\]+)/$1$2$3/gx ;  #???
 
       # remove interwiki link prefix
-      $text =~ s/(\[+) (?:.{2,3}|(?:zh\-.*)|simple|minnan|tokipona) \: ([^\]]*) (\]+)/$1$2$3/gxi ;  #???
+      #$text =~ s/(\[+) (?:.{2,3}|(?:zh\-.*)|simple|minnan|tokipona) \: ([^\]]*) (\]+)/$1$2$3/gxi ;  #???
 
       $text =~ s/\[+ ([^\]]+) \]+/{{{$1}}}/x ;
       $text =~ s/\[+ ([^\]]+) \]+/$1/gx ;
       $text =~ s/\{\{\{ ([^\}]*) \}\}\}/[[$1]]/x ;
     }
-#    if ($text =~ /\[\[.+\]\]/)
-#    {
-#      $wikilink = $true ;
-#      $link = $text ;
-#      $link =~ s/\n//g ;
-#      $link =~ s/^.*?\[\[/[[/x ;
-#      $link =~ s/\| .*? \]\].*$/]]/x ;
-#      $link =~ s/\]\].*$/]]/x ;
-#      $text =~ s/\[\[ [^\|\]]+ \| (.*?) \]\]/[[$1]]/x ;
-#      $text =~ s/\[\[ [^\:\]]+ \: (.*?) \]\]/[[$1]]/x ;
-
-#      # remove remaining links
-#      $text =~ s/\[\[ ([^\]]+) \]\]/^%#$1#%^/x ;
-#      $text =~ s/\[+ ([^\]]+) \]+/$1/gx ;
-#      $text =~ s/\^$hPerc\# (.*?) \#$hPerc\^/[[$1]]/x ;
-#    }
-#    elsif ($text =~ /\[.+\]/)
-#    {
-#      $link = $text ;
-#      $link =~ s/\n//g ;
-#      $link =~ s/^.*?\[/[/x ;
-#      $link =~ s/\| .*? \].*$/]/x ;
-#      $link =~ s/\].*$/]/x ;
-#      $link =~ s/\[ ([^\]]+) \]/$1/x ;
-#      $text =~ s/\[ [^\|\]]+ \| (.*?) \]/[[$1]]/x ;
-
-#      # remove remaining links
-#      $text =~ s/\[\[ ([^\]]+) \]\]/^%#$1#%^/x ;
-#      $text =~ s/\[+ ([^\]]+) \]+/$1/gx ;
-#      $text =~ s/\^$hPerc\# (.*?) \#$hPerc\^/[[$1]]/x ;
-##     $text =~ s/\[\[ (.*) \]\]/$1/gx ;
-#    }
 
   }
 
   if ($wikilink)
   {
-#   if ($link =~ /^\[\[.+\:.+\]\]$/) # has a colon in its name
-    if ($link =~ /^\[\[ (?:.{2,3}|(?:zh\-.*)|simple|minnan|tokipona) \: .+\]\]$/xi) # has a interwiki link prefix
-    {
-      # This will fail for all interwiki links other than Wikipedia.
-      $wiki  = lc ($link) ;
-      $title = $link ;
-      $wiki  =~ s/\[\[([^\:]+)\:.*$/$1/x ;
-      $title =~ s/^[^\:]+\:(.*)\]\]$/$1/x ;
-      $title =~ s/ /_/g ;
-      $link = "http://$wiki.wikipedia.org/wiki/$title" ;
-          $link = &EncodeURL ($title) ;
-      if (($hint eq "") && ($title ne ""))
-      { $hint = "$wiki: $title" ; }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-    # $wiki = "en" ;
-      $title = $link ;
-      $title =~ s/^\[\[(.*)\]\]$/$1/x ;
-      $title =~ s/ /_/g ;
-      $link = $articlepath ;
-          $urlpart = &EncodeURL ($title) ;
-          $link =~ s/\$1/$urlpart/ ;
-      if (($hint eq "") && ($title ne ""))
-      { $hint = "$title" ; }
-    }
+      $link =~ s/^\[\[(.*)\]\]$/$1/x ;
+      $link =~ s/ /_/g ;
+      if (($hint eq "") && ($link ne ""))
+      { $hint = "$link" ; }
+    
     $hint =~ s/_/ /g ;
   }
   else