# Can I reference BaseURL from content?

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**Category:** support\
**Created:** [February 12, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/can-i-reference-baseurl-from-content/2686 "2016-02-12T15:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Omni](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Omni)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/can-i-reference-baseurl-from-content/2686/3 "2016-02-12T15:59:08Z")

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Perfect, Thanks a lot!

If anyone else wants to use this:  
I created the file

> layouts/shortcodes/baseurl.html

with the following content:

> {{ .Page.Site.BaseURL }}

and can use it in the content as follows:

> {{\< baseurl \>}}

which outputs (in local deployment):

> [http://localhost:1313/](http://localhost:1313/)

I also think this is quite helpful if you want to reference static content from e.g. news articles which might end up in /year/month/day directory. It would save you the counting of “…/…/…/”.  
Or is that another misunderstanding on my side?

Thanks again for the quick help =)  
Omni

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