diff --git a/layouts/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_markup/render-link.html
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+{{- $dest := .Destination -}}
+{{- $url := urls.Parse $dest -}}
+
+{{- if and $dest (hasPrefix $dest "/") -}}
+  {{- with or (.PageInner.GetPage $url.Path) (.PageInner.Resources.Get $url.Path) (resources.Get $url.Path) -}}
+    {{- $query := cond $url.RawQuery (printf "?%s" $url.RawQuery) "" -}}
+    {{- $fragment := cond $url.Fragment (printf "#%s" $url.Fragment) "" -}}
+    {{- $dest = printf "%s%s%s" .RelPermalink $query $fragment -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{/* Keep absolute paths as-is, don't use relURL */}}
+    {{- $dest = $dest -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+    
+{{- with . -}}
+  <a href="{{ $dest | safeURL }}" {{ with .Title }}title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}target="_blank" rel="noopener"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>
+{{- end -}}
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