Backport of 'Fix Start free trial link for self-managed instances'

What does this MR do and why?

The new_trial_url helper method in ee/app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_ee_trial.html.haml incorrectly generates a link to the local instance's /-/trials/new route on Self-Managed and GDK installations. This route only exists on GitLab.com, causing a 404 error on all other instances. The link should instead point to the GitLab Customer Portal for Self-Managed trial registration.

Backporting !205380 (merged) We usually backport bugs only to 1 release back. But there is an ongoing internal pilot is allowing GitLab engineers to backport bug fixes into all the maintained versions

Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/570662

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  • This MR is backporting a bug fix, documentation update, or spec fix, previously merged in the default branch.
  • The MR that fixed the bug on the default branch has been deployed to GitLab.com (not applicable for documentation or spec changes).
  • The MR title is descriptive (e.g. "Backport of 'title of default branch MR'"). This is important, since the title will be copied to the patch blog post.
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  • This MR has been approved by a maintainer (only one approval is required).
  • Ensure the e2e:test-on-omnibus-ee job has either succeeded or been approved by a Software Engineer in Test.

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Edited by Rajendra Kadam

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