Magnolia 5.3 reached end of life on June 30, 2017. This branch is no longer supported, see End-of-life policy.
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http://localhost:8090/magnoliaAuthor/.magnolia
./server/defaultBaseUrl
property to http://localhost:8090/magnolia/
http://localhost:8090/magnoliaPublic/.magnolia
./server/defaultBaseUrl
property to http://localhost:8090/magnolia/
Now the Welcome page at http://localhost:8090
has the correct URLs too.
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