HTML link to another port on same server

[Billaguana]

I am trying to put in a link to another port on the same server as the web server. I am trying to redirect to port, lets say, 8888 but of course

<a href=":8888">a different port</a>
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or

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<a href="ipaddress:8888">a different port</a>
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doesn't work.

What is the code to do this?

[tiagosilva29]

You can't change the authority section of a URI.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

From what I've done in the past just simply putting the IP address in with the port number after it e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080 Works... I'm not sure why wouldn't.

[Billaguana]

From what I've done in the past just simply putting the IP address in with the port number after it e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080 Works... I'm not sure why wouldn't.

Thanks much. Gonna sound like an idiot but missed the whole "http:\\" portion. So used to just typing it into the address bar. Thanks again.