diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c7320b..dfafece 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ log
 results
 test_apps
 *.tmproj
-webrat.log
+*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index e1fe167..2a47287 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== brynary/master (in git)
+== 0.4.5 / ?
 
 * Major enhancements
 
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@
   * Added support for field_labeled_locators ending in non word characters
     lh 148 (Zach Dennis)
   * Filled in tests on click link lh 195 (diabolo)
-  * Canonicalize all URLs (Shalon Wood)
 
 == 0.4.4 / 2009-04-06
 
 * Major enhancements
 
   * Make selenium process management code more robust and informative
-
+  
 * Minor enhancements
-
+  
   * Add support for Rails javascript post links (Mark Menard)
   * Upgrade selenium-client dependency to 1.2.14, and update for new waiting
     API (Balint Erdi)
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
   * Don't create a new instance of WWW::Mechanize for each request
     (Mark Menard)
   * Select fields with duplicate selected options sent an incorrect value (Noah Davis)
-
+  
 == 0.4.3 / 2009-03-17
 
 * Minor enhancements
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
   * Initial Merb and Sinatra compatibility for Selenium mode (Corey Donohoe)
   * When faced with a label with no for attribute, that contains a hidden field
     and another field, as can be the case in Rails 2.3's checkbox view,
-    webrat now locates the non-hidden field. (Luke Melia)
+    webrat now locates the non-hidden field. (Luke Melia) 
   * Add application_framework config for Selenium mode to determine how to
     start and stop the app server (Corey Donohoe)
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@
     attributes in a hash and :count and :content options. See
     have_selector_spec.rb for more.
   * Add the same functionality mentioned above to have_xpath
-
+    
 * Minor enhancements
 
   * Squeeze extra whitespace out of failures messages from contain
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@
     redirected to (Adam Greene)
   * Recognize input tags with type button (Lena Herrmann)
   * Add uncheck method to Selenium mode (Lee Bankewitz)
-
+    
 * Bug fixes
 
   * Make requests to a Rails app using a full URL instead of a relative path. This change
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@
     to behave correctly (Noah Davis)
   * Switch to using selenium.click instead of .check when checking a checkbox
     (Noah Davis)
-  * Create tmp/pids directory if directory does not exist. (Amos King and Mike Gaffney)
+  * Create tmp/pids directory if directory does not exist. (Amos King and Mike Gaffney)  
   * Setup deprecated writers for the selenium_environment= and selenium_port= config
   * Ensure the previous pages params aren't passed through redirect (Daniel Lucraft and
     Bryan Helmkamp)
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@
   * Added save_and_open_screengrab for Selenium mode (Luke Melia)
 
 * Bug fixes
-
+  
   * field_labeled should disregard labels without matching fields (Kyle Hargraves)
   * Fixed bug where Scope was creating a new DOM rather than re-using the existing DOM.
     [#105] (Zach Dennis)
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/elements/area.rb b/lib/webrat/core/elements/area.rb
index 03bea18..e2f08bb 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/elements/area.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/elements/area.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Webrat
     end
 
     def click(method = nil, options = {})
-      @session.request_page(href, :get, {})
+      @session.request_page(absolute_href, :get, {})
     end
 
   protected
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@ module Webrat
     def href
       Webrat::XML.attribute(@element, "href")
     end
+
+    def absolute_href
+      if href =~ /^\?/
+        "#{@session.current_url}#{href}"
+      elsif href !~ %r{^https?://[\w|.]+(/.*)} && (href !~ /^\//)
+        "#{@session.current_url}/#{href}"
+      else
+        href
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/elements/link.rb b/lib/webrat/core/elements/link.rb
index 607655b..5b83e36 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/elements/link.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/elements/link.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ module Webrat
       options[:javascript] = true if options[:javascript].nil?
 
       if options[:javascript]
-        @session.request_page(href, method, data)
+        @session.request_page(absolute_href, method, data)
       else
-        @session.request_page(href, :get, {})
+        @session.request_page(absolute_href, :get, {})
       end
     end
 
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ module Webrat
       Webrat::XML.attribute(@element, "href")
     end
 
+    def absolute_href
+      if href =~ /^\?/
+        "#{@session.current_url}#{href}"
+      elsif href !~ %r{^https?://} && (href !~ /^\//)
+        "#{@session.current_url}/#{href}"
+      else
+        href
+      end
+    end
+
     def authenticity_token
       return unless onclick && onclick.include?("s.setAttribute('name', 'authenticity_token');") &&
         onclick =~ /s\.setAttribute\('value', '([a-f0-9]{40})'\);/
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
index e4bbaeb..13f3f90 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
@@ -97,32 +97,10 @@ For example:
       @default_headers.dup.merge(@custom_headers.dup)
     end
 
-    def canonicalize_url(href_url)
-      @current_url ||= "http://www.example.com/" # @current_url can't be blank, or things break
-      # Case one: relative url
-      if href_url !~ %r{^https?://} && (href_url !~ /^\//)
-        # If the relative url starts with # or ?, we need append it as is _if_ there are three slashes in the current url;
-        # otherwise, ensure there's a slash between it and the current
-        # url
-        if (href_url =~ /^\?/ or href_url =~ /^#/) && current_url.scan('/').length > 2
-        "#{current_url}#{href_url}"
-        else
-          "#{current_url.chomp('/')}/#{href_url}"
-        end
-      # Case two: absolute url without host
-      elsif href_url =~ /^\//
-        "http://#{current_host}#{href_url}"
-      # Case three: absolute url with scheme and host.
-      else
-        href_url
-      end
-    end
-
     def request_page(url, http_method, data) #:nodoc:
       h = headers
       h['HTTP_REFERER'] = @current_url if @current_url
 
-      url = canonicalize_url(url)
       debug_log "REQUESTING PAGE: #{http_method.to_s.upcase} #{url} with #{data.inspect} and HTTP headers #{h.inspect}"
 
       process_request(http_method, url, data, h)
@@ -289,7 +267,7 @@ For example:
     end
 
     def response_location
-      canonicalize_url(response.headers["Location"])
+      response.headers["Location"]
     end
 
     def current_host
diff --git a/spec/integration/rails/Rakefile b/spec/integration/rails/Rakefile
index 9f1361e..e09ebc6 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rails/Rakefile
+++ b/spec/integration/rails/Rakefile
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ namespace :test_unit do
   desc "runs the test::unit based tests in webrat mode"
   task :rails do
     ENV['WEBRAT_INTEGRATION_MODE'] = 'rails'
-    Rake::Task['test:integration'].execute nil
+    Rake::Task['test:integration'].execute
   end
 
   desc "runs the test::unit based tests in selenium mode"
   task :selenium do
     ENV['WEBRAT_INTEGRATION_MODE'] = 'selenium'
-    Rake::Task['test:integration'].execute nil
+    Rake::Task['test:integration'].execute
   end
 
   desc "run both selenium and rails mode Test::Unit suites"
diff --git a/spec/private/core/session_spec.rb b/spec/private/core/session_spec.rb
index cdda4f9..7f20af8 100644
--- a/spec/private/core/session_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/private/core/session_spec.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe Webrat::Session do
 
       webrat_session.request_page("/oldurl", :get, {})
 
-      webrat_session.current_url.should == "http://www.example.com/oldurl"
+      webrat_session.current_url.should == "/oldurl"
     end
   end
 
@@ -195,73 +195,4 @@ describe Webrat::Session do
 
   end
 
-  describe "#canonicalize_url"do
-
-    it "should turn 'http://www.example.com/' into 'http://www.example.com/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("http://www.example.com/").should == "http://www.example.com/"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '/login' into 'http://www.example.com/login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("/login").should == "http://www.example.com/login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '/login' into 'http://www.example.com/login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("/login").should == "http://www.example.com/login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn 'login' into 'http://www.example.com/login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("login").should == "http://www.example.com/login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn 'login' into 'http://www.example.com/login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("login").should == "http://www.example.com/login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '?login' into 'http://www.example.com/?login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("?login").should == "http://www.example.com/?login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '?login' into 'http://www.example.com/?login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("?login").should == "http://www.example.com/?login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '?login' into 'http://www.example.com/page?login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/page'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/page")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("?login").should == "http://www.example.com/page?login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '?login' into 'http://www.example.com/page/?login' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/page/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/page/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("?login").should == "http://www.example.com/page/?login"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '#anchor' into 'http://www.example.com/#anchor' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("#anchor").should == "http://www.example.com/#anchor"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '#anchor' into 'http://www.example.com/#anchor' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("#anchor").should == "http://www.example.com/#anchor"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '#anchor' into 'http://www.example.com/page#anchor' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/page'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/page")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("#anchor").should == "http://www.example.com/page#anchor"
-    end
-
-    it "should turn '#anchor' into 'http://www.example.com/page/#anchor' if current_url is 'http://www.example.com/page/'" do
-      webrat_session.stub!(:current_url       => "http://www.example.com/page/")
-      webrat_session.canonicalize_url("#anchor").should == "http://www.example.com/page/#anchor"
-    end
-
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/private/rails/attaches_file_spec.rb b/spec/private/rails/attaches_file_spec.rb
index cd3a863..e044db0 100644
--- a/spec/private/rails/attaches_file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/private/rails/attaches_file_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe "attach_file" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/widgets", { "widget" => { "file" => "" } })
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/widgets", { "widget" => { "file" => "" } })
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe "attach_file" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/widgets", { "widget" => { "file" => @uploaded_file } })
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/widgets", { "widget" => { "file" => @uploaded_file } })
     attach_file "Document", @filename
     click_button
   end
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe "attach_file" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/widgets", { "widget" => { "files" => [@uploaded_file, @uploaded_file] } })
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/widgets", { "widget" => { "files" => [@uploaded_file, @uploaded_file] } })
     attach_file "Document", @filename
     attach_file "Spreadsheet", @filename
     click_button
diff --git a/spec/private/rails/rails_session_spec.rb b/spec/private/rails/rails_session_spec.rb
index 81eeed6..978e892 100644
--- a/spec/private/rails/rails_session_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/private/rails/rails_session_spec.rb
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ describe Webrat::RailsSession do
 
     response = mock("response", :body => body, :headers => {}, :code => 200)
     @integration_session.stub!(:response => response)
-    @integration_session.stub!(:https!)
-    @integration_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {}, nil)
+    @integration_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {}, nil)
 
     rails_session = Webrat::RailsSession.new(@integration_session)
 
diff --git a/spec/public/basic_auth_spec.rb b/spec/public/basic_auth_spec.rb
index caec284..1d6b590 100644
--- a/spec/public/basic_auth_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/basic_auth_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe "Basic Auth HTTP headers" do
   end
 
   it "should be present in visit" do
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => "Basic dXNlcjpzZWNyZXQ=\n"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => "Basic dXNlcjpzZWNyZXQ=\n"})
     visit("/")
   end
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe "Basic Auth HTTP headers" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/form1", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => "Basic dXNlcjpzZWNyZXQ=\n"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/form1", {}, {'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => "Basic dXNlcjpzZWNyZXQ=\n"})
     click_button
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/public/check_spec.rb b/spec/public/check_spec.rb
index ef2e56f..9376f88 100644
--- a/spec/public/check_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/check_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe "check" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
     check "TOS"
     click_button
   end
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe "check" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "remember_me" => "on")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "remember_me" => "on")
     check "remember_me"
     click_button
   end
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe "check" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "remember_me" => "yes")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "remember_me" => "yes")
     check "remember_me"
     click_button
   end
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe "uncheck" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
     check "TOS"
     uncheck "TOS"
     click_button
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe "uncheck" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", {})
     uncheck "remember_me"
     click_button
   end
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe "uncheck" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", {"options" => ["1", "2"]})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", {"options" => ["1", "2"]})
     check 'Option 1'
     check 'Option 2'
     click_button
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe "uncheck" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
     uncheck "TOS"
     click_button
   end
diff --git a/spec/public/choose_spec.rb b/spec/public/choose_spec.rb
index 97fd97e..5a07c17 100644
--- a/spec/public/choose_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/choose_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe "choose" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
     choose "Male"
     click_button
   end
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe "choose" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
     choose "Female"
     choose "Male"
     click_button
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe "choose" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "first_option" => "on")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "first_option" => "on")
     choose "first_option"
     click_button
   end
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe "choose" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "first_option" => "on")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "first_option" => "on")
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe "choose" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"gender" => "M"})
     choose "Male"
     click_button
   end
diff --git a/spec/public/click_area_spec.rb b/spec/public/click_area_spec.rb
index cb7c7df..e039323 100644
--- a/spec/public/click_area_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/click_area_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe "click_area" do
       </map>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_area "Berlin"
   end
 
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ describe "click_area" do
       </map>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_area "berlin"
   end
 
 
   it "should follow relative links" do
-    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "http://www.example.com/page")
+    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "/page")
     with_html <<-HTML
       <html>
       <map name="map_de" id="map_de">
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe "click_area" do
       </map>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page/sub", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page/sub", {})
     click_area "Berlin"
   end
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe "click_area" do
       </map>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page?foo=bar", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page?foo=bar", {})
     click_area "Berlin"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/public/click_button_spec.rb b/spec/public/click_button_spec.rb
index 45a0d30..4bea34e 100644
--- a/spec/public/click_button_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/click_button_spec.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form1", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form1", {})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
         </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", {})
     click_button "Form2"
   end
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", {})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "login" => "Login")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "login" => "Login")
     click_button("Login")
   end
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", {})
     click_button("Login")
   end
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"password" => "mypass"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"password" => "mypass"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "test@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "test@example.com"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "test@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "test@example.com"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", {})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"gender" => "F"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"gender" => "F"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "0"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"tos" => "1"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login",
       "options"  => ["burger", "fries", "soda", "soda", "dessert"],
       "response" => { "choices" => [{"selected" => "one"}, {"selected" => "two"}, {"selected" => "two"}]})
     click_button
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", {})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/posts", "post" => {"body" => "Post body here!"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/posts", "post" => {"body" => "Post body here!"})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
         </form>
         </html>
       HTML
-      webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/posts", "post" => {"body" => "Peanut butter & jelly"})
+      webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/posts", "post" => {"body" => "Peanut butter & jelly"})
       click_button
     end
   end
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "2")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "month" => "2")
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "February")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "month" => "February")
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "month" => "1")
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "contestant" => {"scores" => {'1' => '2', '3' => '4'}})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "contestant" => {"scores" => {'1' => '2', '3' => '4'}})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ describe "click_button" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => ""})
     click_button "Login"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/public/click_link_spec.rb b/spec/public/click_link_spec.rb
index 82fcdfe..549c70b 100644
--- a/spec/public/click_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/click_link_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Save &amp; go back</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Save & go back"
   end
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text"
   end
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text", :method => :get
   end
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "ink tex", :method => :get
   end
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:delete).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:delete).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text", :method => :delete
   end
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text", :method => :post
   end
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:put).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:put).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text", :method => :put
   end
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link /link [a-z]/i
   end
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a id="link_text_link" href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "link_text_link"
   end
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a id="link_text_link" href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link /_text_/
   end
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a title="piddle" href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link 'piddle'
   end
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a title="piddlediddle" href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link /iddle/
   end
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Posts</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/posts", "authenticity_token" => "aa79cb354597a60a3786e7e291ed4f74d77d3a62")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/posts", "authenticity_token" => "aa79cb354597a60a3786e7e291ed4f74d77d3a62")
     click_link "Posts"
   end
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Delete</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:delete).with("http://www.example.com/posts/1", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:delete).with("/posts/1", {})
     click_link "Delete"
   end
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Posts</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/posts", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/posts", {})
     click_link "Posts"
   end
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Posts</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/posts", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/posts", {})
     click_link "Posts", :javascript => false
   end
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Post</a></h2>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/posts", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/posts", {})
     click_link "Post"
   end
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         return false;">Put</a></h2>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:put).with("http://www.example.com/posts", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:put).with("/posts", {})
     click_link "Put"
   end
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "LINK TEXT"
   end
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page">This is some cool link text, isn't it?</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text"
   end
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page"><span>Link text</span></a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page", {})
     click_link "Link text"
   end
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       <a href="/page2">Link text</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page1", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page1", {})
     click_link "Link text"
   end
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {})
     click_link "Link"
   end
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page1", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page1", {})
     click_link "This is a link"
   end
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
         </html>
       HTML
 
-      webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {})
+      webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {})
       click_link "Location"
     end
   end
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ describe "click_link" do
     </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {})
     click_link_within "#container", "Link"
   end
 
@@ -400,18 +400,18 @@ describe "click_link" do
   end
 
   it "should follow relative links" do
-    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "http://www.example.com/page")
+    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "/page")
     with_html <<-HTML
       <html>
       <a href="sub">Jump to sub page</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page/sub", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page/sub", {})
     click_link "Jump to sub page"
   end
 
   it "should follow fully qualified local links" do
-    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "http://www.example.com/page")
+    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "/page")
     with_html <<-HTML
       <html>
       <a href="http://subdomain.example.com/page/sub">Jump to sub page</a>
@@ -432,13 +432,13 @@ describe "click_link" do
   end
 
   it "should follow query parameters" do
-    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "http://www.example.com/page")
+    webrat_session.stub!(:current_url => "/page")
     with_html <<-HTML
       <html>
       <a href="?foo=bar">Jump to foo bar</a>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page?foo=bar", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page?foo=bar", {})
     click_link "Jump to foo bar"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/public/fill_in_spec.rb b/spec/public/fill_in_spec.rb
index 83f8de1..f6b8f1e 100644
--- a/spec/public/fill_in_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/fill_in_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"text" => "filling text area"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"text" => "filling text area"})
     fill_in "User Text", :with => "filling text area"
     click_button
   end
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"text" => "pass"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"text" => "pass"})
     fill_in "user_text", :with => "pass"
     click_button
   end
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
     fill_in "user[email]", :with => "foo@example.com"
     click_button
   end
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"mail1" => "", "mail2" => "value"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"mail1" => "", "mail2" => "value"})
     fill_in "Some", :with => "value"
     click_button
   end
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"mail1" => "value", "mail2" => ""})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"mail1" => "value", "mail2" => ""})
     fill_in "Some mail", :with => "value"
     click_button
   end
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
     fill_in "Email", :with => "foo@example.com"
     click_button
   end
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
     fill_in "user[email]", :with => "foo@example.com"
     click_button
   end
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
     fill_in "user[email]", :with => "foo@example.com"
     click_button
   end
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
     fill_in :email, :with => "foo@example.com"
     click_button
   end
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe "fill_in" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/users", "user" => {"phone" => "+1 22 33"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/users", "user" => {"phone" => "+1 22 33"})
     fill_in 'Phone', :with => "+1 22 33"
     click_button
   end
diff --git a/spec/public/reload_spec.rb b/spec/public/reload_spec.rb
index 5c9e344..cce2bb5 100644
--- a/spec/public/reload_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/reload_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../spec_helper")
 
 describe "reloads" do
   it "should reload the page with http referer" do
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/", {}, {"HTTP_REFERER"=>"/"})
     visit("/")
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/", {}, {"HTTP_REFERER"=>"http://www.example.com/"})
     reload
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/public/select_date_spec.rb b/spec/public/select_date_spec.rb
index a5923a5..7611ada 100644
--- a/spec/public/select_date_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/select_date_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe "select_date" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"date(1i)" => '2003', "date(2i)" => "12", "date(3i)" => "25"})
     select_date "December 25, 2003", :from => "Date"
     click_button
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe "select_date" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"date(1i)" => '2003', "date(2i)" => "12", "date(3i)" => "25"})
     select_date Date.parse("December 25, 2003"), :from => "date"
     click_button
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe "select_date" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"date(1i)" => '2003', "date(2i)" => "12", "date(3i)" => "25"})
     select_date "December 25, 2003"
     click_button
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe "select_date" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+      webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"date(1i)" => '2003', "date(2i)" => "12", "date(3i)" => "25"})
     select_date Date.parse("December 25, 2003"), :from => "date ?"
     click_button
diff --git a/spec/public/select_datetime_spec.rb b/spec/public/select_datetime_spec.rb
index 575ad37..0297177 100644
--- a/spec/public/select_datetime_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/select_datetime_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe "select_datetime" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(1i)" => '2003', "time(2i)" => "12", "time(3i)" => "25", "time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_datetime "December 25, 2003 9:30", :from => "Time"
     click_button
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe "select_datetime" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(1i)" => '2003', "time(2i)" => "12", "time(3i)" => "25", "time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_datetime Time.parse("December 25, 2003 9:30"), :from => "Time"
     click_button
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe "select_datetime" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(1i)" => '2003', "time(2i)" => "12", "time(3i)" => "25", "time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_datetime "December 25, 2003 9:30", :from => "Time ?"
     click_button
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe "select_datetime" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(1i)" => '2003', "time(2i)" => "12", "time(3i)" => "25", "time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_datetime "December 25, 2003 9:30"
     click_button
diff --git a/spec/public/select_spec.rb b/spec/public/select_spec.rb
index 34b6c31..98dfca0 100644
--- a/spec/public/select_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/select_spec.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "month" => "1")
     select "January", :from => "month"
     click_button
   end
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "encoded" => "A & B")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "encoded" => "A & B")
     select "Encoded", :from => "encoded"
     click_button
   end
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", 'month' => '')
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", 'month' => '')
     click_button
   end
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "month" => "1")
     select "January"
     click_button
   end
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
     select "January", :from => "end_month"
     click_button
   end
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
     select "January", :from => "End Month"
     click_button
   end
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "January")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "month" => "January")
     select "January", :from => "month"
     click_button
   end
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "January")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "month" => "January")
     select /jan/i
     click_button
   end
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "start_month" => "s1", "end_month" => "e1")
     select /jan/i, :from => "End Month"
     click_button
   end
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe "select" do
         </form>
         </html>
       HTML
-      webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "month" => "Peanut butter & jelly")
+      webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "month" => "Peanut butter & jelly")
       click_button
     end
   end
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ describe "select" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/login", "clothes" => "pants")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/login", "clothes" => "pants")
     click_button
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/public/select_time_spec.rb b/spec/public/select_time_spec.rb
index fcc8678..3eafbaa 100644
--- a/spec/public/select_time_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/select_time_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe "select_time" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_time "9:30AM", :from => "Time"
     click_button
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe "select_time" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_time Time.parse("9:30AM"), :from => "Time"
     click_button
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe "select_time" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_time "9:30AM", :from => "Time #"
     click_button
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe "select_time" do
       </form>
       </html>
     HTML
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("http://www.example.com/appointments",
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/appointments",
       "appointment" => {"time(4i)" => "09", "time(5i)" => "30"})
     select_time "9:30"
     click_button
diff --git a/spec/public/visit_spec.rb b/spec/public/visit_spec.rb
index 37042f6..dc73fc6 100644
--- a/spec/public/visit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/visit_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe "visit" do
   end
 
   it "should use get" do
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/", {})
     visit("/")
   end
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe "visit" do
 
     visit("/oldurl")
 
-    current_url.should == "http://www.example.com/oldurl"
+    current_url.should == "/oldurl"
   end
 end
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe "visit with referer" do
   end
 
   it "should use get with referer header" do
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/", {}, {"HTTP_REFERER" => "/old_url"})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/", {}, {"HTTP_REFERER" => "/old_url"})
     visit("/")
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/public/within_spec.rb b/spec/public/within_spec.rb
index 6d3fd9c..ab083d2 100644
--- a/spec/public/within_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/public/within_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {})
     within "#container" do
       within "div" do
         click_link "Link"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/page2", {})
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/page2", {})
     within "#container" do
       click_link "Link"
     end
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
     within "#form2" do
       fill_in "Email", :with => "test@example.com"
       click_button
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
     within ".important" do
       fill_in "Email", :with => "test@example.com"
     end
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
     within "form[@action='/form2']" do
       fill_in "Email", :with => "test@example.com"
       click_button "Add"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", "email2" => "test@example.com")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", "email2" => "test@example.com")
     within "form[@action='/form2']" do
       fill_in "Email", :with => "test@example.com"
       click_button "Add"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe "within" do
       </html>
     HTML
 
-    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("http://www.example.com/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:get).with("/form2", "email" => "test@example.com")
     within "#form2" do
       fill_in "Email", :with => "test@example.com"
       click_button "Add"