The "base" Element

The "base" element specifies the document's base URL that is used for resolving relative URLs, as well as the name of the default browsing context for the purposes of following hyperlinks.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search "base" (compatibility information)
• SitePoint Reference: base element
• HTML 4.01: BASE element
• HTML5: base element
• HTML 5.1: base element
• WHATWG: base element
• MDN: <base>

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