Overview

This guide walks through some settings for Obsidian.

Attachments

By default, all attachments to Markdown files in Obsidian get put inside the root vault folder, like this:

To organize the files better, we’ll create a folder called “assets” and set that to be the folder for attachments.

Go to Settings > Files and links and set the settings to this:

Link Formats

Default:

New:

The format when embedding goes like this: ![Alt text goes here](../assets/Pasted%20image%2020250510214751.png)

Post Links

In Obsidian, a post normally uses the Wikilinks format, like this: [[Example Post]].

Here is a link to home: Home.

In Obsidian, the link looks like this: [Home](../index.html)