# Master.html - should root links begin with "/"?

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-html-should-root-links-begin-with/6310>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-html-should-root-links-begin-with/6310 "2022-02-23T18:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![dculp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dculp](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/dculp)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-html-should-root-links-begin-with/6310/1 "2022-02-23T18:31:30Z")

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In my master.html (which is in my site’s root folder), I have links like –

```auto
<link href="/p7tm3/p7TM3-10.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/>

```

Should the link be as above or should the initial “/” be omitted, as –

```auto
<link href="p7tm3/p7TM3-10.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/>

```

Thanks,  
Don C.

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**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-html-should-root-links-begin-with/6310/2 "2022-02-23T19:17:40Z")

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It depends on your final directory structure a little bit. The preceding slash is actually replaced by the server to the base URL. A lack of slash uses the calling file as the base.