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@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ To work locally with this project, you'll have to follow the steps below:
 1. Generate the website: `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`
 1. Preview your project: open `public/index.html` in a browser
 
+Note that the link to certain objects (like images, css) will be broken
+when testing locally. To test a specific page, please add
+`<base href="/full/path/to/public" />` at the top of the html file
+that you want to preview. You may have to adjust absolute links
+to point to relative links (i.e, make `/` into `./`).
+
 Read more at ikiwiki's [documentation][].
 
 ## Contributing