diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68a5b03..574b402 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
 cd mediacms
 ```
 
-The default option to serve MediaCMS is on http://localhost. If you want to set a url and have it served there, set the `FRONTEND_HOST` variable on file `deploy/docker/local_settings.py`.
+The default option is to serve MediaCMS on all ips available of the server (including localhost).
 
 Now run
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Now run
 docker-compose up
 ```
 
-This will download all MediaCMS related Docker images and start all containers. Once it finishes, MediaCMS will be installed and available on http://localhost (or the url you've set as `FRONTEND_HOST` on file `deploy/docker/local_settings.py`)
+This will download all MediaCMS related Docker images and start all containers. Once it finishes, MediaCMS will be installed and available on http://localhost or http://ip
 
 For more instructions, checkout the docs on the [Docker deployment](docs/Docker_deployment.md) page. Docker Compose support has been contributed by @swiftugandan.
 
diff --git a/cms/settings.py b/cms/settings.py
index 82fd4f4..675c135 100644
--- a/cms/settings.py
+++ b/cms/settings.py
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ ALLOW_RATINGS_CONFIRMED_EMAIL_ONLY = True
 
 # ip of the server should be part of this
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*", "mediacms.io", "127.0.0.1", "localhost"]
+
 FRONTEND_HOST = "http://localhost"
+# this variable - along with SSL_FRONTEND_HOST is used on several places
+# as email where a URL need appear etc
+
 # FRONTEND_HOST needs an http prefix - at the end of the file
 # there's a conversion to https with the SSL_FRONTEND_HOST env
 INTERNAL_IPS = "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/deploy/local_install/mediacms.io b/deploy/local_install/mediacms.io
index 106cc33..59c75de 100644
--- a/deploy/local_install/mediacms.io
+++ b/deploy/local_install/mediacms.io
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ server {
 
     error_log  /var/log/nginx/mediacms.io.error.log  warn;
 
-    # redirect to https if logged in
-    if ($http_cookie ~* "sessionid") {
-        rewrite  ^/(.*)$  https://localhost/$1  permanent;
-    }
+#    # redirect to https if logged in
+#    if ($http_cookie ~* "sessionid") {
+#        rewrite  ^/(.*)$  https://localhost/$1  permanent;
+#    }
 
-    # redirect basic forms to https
-    location ~ (login|login_form|register|mail_password_form)$ {
-        rewrite  ^/(.*)$  https://localhost/$1  permanent;
-    }
+#    # redirect basic forms to https
+#    location ~ (login|login_form|register|mail_password_form)$ {
+#        rewrite  ^/(.*)$  https://localhost/$1  permanent;
+#    }
 
     location /static {
         alias /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/static ;
diff --git a/docs/Docker_deployment.md b/docs/Docker_deployment.md
index 551043f..13ba32c 100644
--- a/docs/Docker_deployment.md
+++ b/docs/Docker_deployment.md
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ The reverse proxy (`jwilder/nginx-proxy`) can be configured to provide SSL termi
 
 The architecture below generalises all the deployment scenarios above, and provides a conceptual design for other deployments based on kubernetes and docker swarm. It allows for horizontal scaleability through the use of multiple mediacms_web instances and celery_workers. For large deployments, managed postgres, redis and storage may be adopted.
 
-![MediaCMS](images/architecture.png)
\ No newline at end of file
+![MediaCMS](images/architecture.png)
diff --git a/files/context_processors.py b/files/context_processors.py
index d11aa1d..f9297f5 100644
--- a/files/context_processors.py
+++ b/files/context_processors.py
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ from .methods import is_mediacms_editor, is_mediacms_manager
 def stuff(request):
     """Pass settings to the frontend"""
     ret = {}
-    if request.is_secure():
-        # in case session is https, pass this setting so
-        # that the frontend uses https too
-        ret["FRONTEND_HOST"] = settings.SSL_FRONTEND_HOST
-    else:
-        ret["FRONTEND_HOST"] = settings.FRONTEND_HOST
+    ret["FRONTEND_HOST"] = request.build_absolute_uri('/')
     ret["DEFAULT_THEME"] = settings.DEFAULT_THEME
     ret["PORTAL_NAME"] = settings.PORTAL_NAME
     ret["LOAD_FROM_CDN"] = settings.LOAD_FROM_CDN
diff --git a/templates/config/core/url.html b/templates/config/core/url.html
index d0e3050..a478ea3 100644
--- a/templates/config/core/url.html
+++ b/templates/config/core/url.html
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
-MediaCMS.url = {
-    home: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}",
-	search: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/search",
-    latestMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/latest",
-    featuredMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/featured",
-    recommendedMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/recommended",
-    members: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/members",
-    /* Error pages */
-    error404: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/error",
-    /* Taxonomies pages */
-    tags: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/tags",
-    categories: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/categories",
-    topics: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/topics",
-    languages: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/languages",
-    countries: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/countries",
-    /* User pages */
-    likedMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/liked",
-    history: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/history",
-    /* Add/edit pages */
-    addMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/upload",
-    /* User account pages */
-    editProfile: "{{user.edit_url}}",
-    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
-    signout: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/accounts/logout/",
-    editChannel: "{{user.default_channel_edit_url}}",
-    changePassword: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/accounts/password/change/",
-    /* Administration pages */
-    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_ADMIN %}admin: '/admin',{% endif %}
-    /* Management pages */
-    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_ADMIN or IS_MEDIACMS_MANAGER or IS_MEDIACMS_EDITOR %}manageMedia: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/manage/media",{% endif %}
-    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_ADMIN or IS_MEDIACMS_MANAGER %}manageUsers: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/manage/users",{% endif %}
-    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_ADMIN or IS_MEDIACMS_MANAGER or IS_MEDIACMS_EDITOR %}manageComments: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/manage/comments",{% endif %}
-    {% else %}
-    signin: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/accounts/login/",
-    register: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/accounts/signup/",
-    {% endif %}
-};
+MediaCMS.url = {
+    home: "/",
+        search: "/search",
+    latestMedia: "/latest",
+    featuredMedia: "/featured",
+    recommendedMedia: "/recommended",
+    members: "/members",
+    /* Error pages */
+    error404: "/error",
+    /* Taxonomies pages */
+    tags: "/tags",
+    categories: "/categories",
+    topics: "/topics",
+    languages: "/languages",
+    countries: "/countries",
+    /* User pages */
+    likedMedia: "/liked",
+    history: "/history",
+    /* Add/edit pages */
+    addMedia: "/upload",
+    /* User account pages */
+    editProfile: "{{user.edit_url}}",
+    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+    signout: "/accounts/logout/",
+    editChannel: "{{user.default_channel_edit_url}}",
+    changePassword: "/accounts/password/change/",
+    /* Administration pages */
+    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_ADMIN %}admin: '/admin',{% endif %}
+    /* Management pages */
+    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_EDITOR %}manageMedia: "/manage/media",{% endif %}
+    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_MANAGER %}manageUsers: "/manage/users",{% endif %}
+    {% if IS_MEDIACMS_EDITOR %}manageComments: "/manage/comments",{% endif %}
+    {% else %}
+    signin: "/accounts/login/",
+    register: "/accounts/signup/",
+    {% endif %}
+};
diff --git a/templates/config/installation/site.html b/templates/config/installation/site.html
index 984d88d..be5333b 100644
--- a/templates/config/installation/site.html
+++ b/templates/config/installation/site.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 MediaCMS.site = {
  	id: 'mediacms',
     title: "{{PORTAL_NAME}}",
-    url: '{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/',
-    api: '{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/api/v1',
+    url: '{{FRONTEND_HOST}}',
+    api: '{{FRONTEND_HOST}}api/v1',
     theme: {
     	mode: 'light',    // Valid values: 'light', 'dark'.
 		switch: {
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ MediaCMS.site = {
     },
     logo:{
     	lightMode:{
-            img: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/static/images/logo_dark.png",
-            svg: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/static/images/logo_dark.svg",
+            img: "/static/images/logo_dark.png",
+            svg: "/static/images/logo_dark.svg",
     	},
     	darkMode:{
-            img: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/static/images/logo_light.png",
-            svg: "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/static/images/logo_light.svg",
+            img: "/static/images/logo_light.png",
+            svg: "/static/images/logo_light.svg",
     	},
     },
     pages: {
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ MediaCMS.site = {
 	    	title: 'Categories',
 	    },
     },
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+