XF 1.1 How do I post a local link without domain name?

[Kacee]

I tried to post a link with an URL "/forums/news/" but it became "http:///forums/news/"

How do you do it? Is it even possible?

 

[Fuhrmann]

You can use this

<a href="{xen:link forums/news}">News</a>

 

[Mike]

Links inside posts have to be absolute.

 

[Kacee]

Is it any reason behind this?

You can use this

<a href="{xen:link forums/news}">News</a>

Sorry I wasn't clear, I was talking about insert links it posts.

Links inside posts have to be absolute.

Is there any reason behind this? I thought it would be better to use relative URL in case you change your domain?

 

[Mike]

Is there any reason behind this? I thought it would be better to use relative URL in case you change your domain?

A design decision really, partially to white list allowed protocols.