base

Form

<base>
<base /> (description in XHTML)

Attributes

attribute	default	description
id	none	specifies the unique ID
class	none	specifies the style sheet class
style	none	specifies the style sheet
href	none	specifies the base URL
target	none	specifies the target window or frame

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The base tag specifies the base URL for the page.
In XHTML, you should type like <base />.

Related Tags

basefont, head, link

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
<base href="http://www.openspc2.org/">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<p>
The base tag specifies the base URL for the page.
</p>
</body>
</html>