Velo by Wix: Anatomy of URLs On Paid And Free Platforms

In many situations you might refer to the URLs of your site's pages. A page's URL is made up of several parts that are detailed below. Your site's URL looks different depending on whether you have a premium site or a free site.

Full URL

Here, we'll use the following equivalent URLs to demonstrate the difference between premium and free sites:

• Premium: 
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free: 
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Protocol

The protocol is the start of both types of URLs:

• Premium:
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free:
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Base URL

The base URL is the URL of your home page:

• Premium:
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free:
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Prefix

Dynamic pages and router pages have a prefix:

• Premium:
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free:
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Path

The path follows the prefix if one exists. If there is no prefix, it follows the base URL:

• Premium:
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free:
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Query

The query is a list of keys and values:

• Premium:
  https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant
• Free:
  https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant

Previously published at https://support.wix.com/en/article/velo-about-the-url-structure-of-premium-and-free-sites