unable to load url from website

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Steve+LJH  wrote hi, i am using dreamweaver cc on mac os sierra and this really is an odd one I have created a website with external links e.g. <a href="www.freebmd.org.uk">FreeBMD<\a> in a ul list. However after I loaded the website to the internet and click on the link you just get a 404 error and there are 8 other links that do not work. I checked the page in dreamweaver and tested the links offline but they did not work there either but I was able to copy/paste the url into safari/opera/chrome and firefox and they work. It gets odder as I created the web page in Aptana, tested the links and they worked.  Has anyone in the universe ever had this type of issue or am I the first???? Any help gratefully received. Steve Hawkes

For external links you need to add the http:// as below:

<a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk">FreeBMD</a>

I'm experiencing this right now. It's really odd, no matter what it doesn't allow me to click it but if I right click it and click open in new tab... it works. if you get the 404 error try adding the "http://" that's what I did and it fixed the 404 error but still didn't allow me to click the links