HTML:Element:base
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[edit] HTML Base URL Element
<base /> - This element specifies the base URL to use for all relative URLs contained within a document.
[edit] Attributes
- href
- This attribute specifies the base URL to be used throughout the document for relative URL addresses.
- target
- For documents containing frames, this attribute specifies the default target window for every link that does not have an explicit target reference. Aside from named frames, several special values exist. A value of
_blankindicates a new window. A value of_parentindicates the parent frame set containing the source link. A value of_selfindicates the frame containing the source link. A value of_topindicates the full browser window.
[edit] Examples
<base href="http://www.yourdomain.com/" /> <base target="_blank" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/" />
[edit] Notes
<head>element.
- HTML 2.0 and 3.2 define only the
hrefattribute.
- XHTML 1.0 requires a trailing slash:
<base />
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