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: https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Premium: https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Free: Protocol The protocol is the start of both types of URLs: ://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Premium: https ://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Free: https Base URL The base URL is the URL of your home page: https:// /animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Premium: domain.com https:// /animals/mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Free: user.wixsite.com/zoo Prefix and have a prefix: Dynamic pages router pages https://domain.com/ /mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Premium: animals https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/ /mammals/elephant?species=african-elephant Free: animals Path The path follows the prefix if one exists. If there is no prefix, it follows the base URL: https://domain.com/animals/ ?species=african-elephant Premium: mammals/elephant https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/ ?species=african-elephant Free: mammals/elephant Query The query is a list of keys and values: https://domain.com/animals/mammals/elephant? Premium: species=african-elephant https://user.wixsite.com/zoo/animals/mammals/elephant? Free: species=african-elephant Previously published at https://support.wix.com/en/article/velo-about-the-url-structure-of-premium-and-free-sites

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