Name

base — <base />

Specifies the base pathname for all relative URLs in the document. Place this element within the head of the document.

Attributes

href ="url"

Required. Specifies the URL to be used.

id="text"

XHTML only. Assigns a unique identifying name to the element.

target ="name"

Defines the default target window for all links in the document. Often used to target frames.

Example

<head>
    <title>Sample document</title>
    <base href="/stories/" />
</head>

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