You are correct: https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/231510068-External-links-in-publication-navigation https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/23151006

You are correct: https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/231510068-External-links-in-publication-navigation https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/231510068-External... Don't use medium for this purpose then, would be my answer. I also had an issue getting to the homepage. Obviously I managed to get there, but I almost didn't bother.