Link Routing issues

[silicahd]

Ok so far I have every single possibility. Here is the issue.

1. The route I have is located in routes/admin/manageCoupons
2. The views
   views/admin/layout.jade
   views/admin/coupons.jade
   views/admin/add_coupons.jade

In the layout i have a admin menu list

     ul.nav.nav-sidebar
                     li
                        a(href='../manageCoupons') Coupons
                    li
                        a(href='../manageCategories') Categories
                    li
                        a(href='../manageStores') Stores
                   

If I navigate to http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons/addCoupon and try to press on the menu item the link will be http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons

However if I go to http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons the link will be http://localhost:3000/manageCoupons

Ok so that might be because I used ../ rather then ./ or admin/ or just /
However in all these cases the link will be ok in the main page but not ok when navigating to a sub route. you will likely get something like this.

1. ./   will get   http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons/manageCoupons
   

2. /    will get   http://localhost:3000/manageCoupons
   

3. ./admin/ will get http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons/admin/manageCoupons
4. just blank manageCoupons will get http://localhost:3000/admin/manageCoupons/manageCoupons

So no combination will fix the link issue. Any thought?
As explained when using ../manageCoupons will work from the sub route but it will brake when navigating to the manageCoupons view.

[jbsulli]

You just need a starting slash. If you start with a slash, the browser will look for that page relative to the root of the website (referred to as an absolute URL). If you don't, the browser will assume the path is relative to the document (referred to as a relative URL).

I think this is what you are trying to accomplish:

ul.nav.nav-sidebar
    li
        a(href='/admin/manageCoupons') Coupons
    li
        a(href='/admin/manageCategories') Categories
    li
        a(href='/admin/manageStores') Stores

[silicahd]

wow what a moment. I tried every option but that.

Thank you so much.

[jbsulli]

You're welcome! I've definitely been there myself.