---
title: URLs and domain names
description: Format URLs and domain names correctly.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf-twitter-card.png
---

> Documentation Index  
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/llms.txt  
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

[Skip to content](#%5Ftop) 

# URLs and domain names

When referring to a URL in text, do not use `http://` or `www` with a Cloudflare web address. Use `www` only when referring to URLs outside of Cloudflare. For example, use `cloudflare.com` when referring to [cloudflare.com ↗](https://www.cloudflare.com/) and `www.example.com` when referring to [www.example.com ↗](https://www.example.com/).

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/","name":"Style Guide"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/formatting/","name":"Formatting"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/formatting/urls-and-domain-names/","name":"URLs and domain names"}}]}
```