Ajay Kelkar
Reputation: 4621
<a href ="somewebsite.com"> takes to localhost/somewebsite.com , Why?
I want to open somewebsite.com , but it goes to localhost/somewebsite.com , why its taking relative path.
Upvotes: 30
Views: 16723
Answers (1)
avpx
Reputation: 1922
Your link is missing the protocol at the start of the URL: http:// for pages not using SSL, https:// for pages securing data transfer using SSL.
If you want a link that works in either scenario, you can use // instead of the fully qualified protocol.
Upvotes: 69
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