Hardcoded URLs break local builds

[atextor]

In the new UI, in particular in the dropdowns, there are many URLs hardcoded with "http://eclipse-esmf.github.io/..." instead of using relative links. This means those menus do not work as intended when doing a local build using a site-local.yml.

[aniluede]

As for the dropdowns of the top navigation: the links indeed are hardcoded as they are defined in the corresponding HBS source file of the UI Bundle the page uses for its layout. Referring to these files:

• https://github.com/eclipse-esmf/esmf-antora-ui/blob/main/src/partials/sections-header-content.hbs
• https://github.com/eclipse-esmf/esmf-antora-ui/blob/main/src/partials/sections-nav-mobile.hbs

I don't see how the links there could be XREFs.

However, the tiles of the landing page -- which are defined here: https://github.com/eclipse-esmf/eclipse-esmf.github.io/blob/main/documentation/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc?plain=1 -- do hold relative links. They can be used to jump around in local builds.

And also, in the index.adoc file linked above -- at the moment we introduce HTML, for example to specify a button, we are back to hardcoded URLs instead of XREFs.

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Proposing to close this issue as "Won't fix".