
The Complete Idiot's HTML Tag Reference
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<BASE>
Use this tag to specify a global value for links and targets.
Support:
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Notes:
- Place this tag between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags.
Attributes:
- HREF
= "Text"
(Required)
Sets a base URL for all relative links in the page.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
2.0 and later |
1.0 and later |
1.0 and later |
Notes:
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This attribute must be a full URL. It's normally used to avoid having to type out full URLs within a page. For example, consider the following tag:
<BASE HREF="http://www.isp.com/biff/">
Suppose you then use a relative link within the same page:
<A HREF="index.html">Home</A>
This is the same as linking to the following address:
http://www.isp.com/biff/index.html
- ID
= "Text"
An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the tag.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
Not supported |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Notes:
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Although you can use letters and numbers for the ID, the first character must be a letter.
- TARGET
= "Test"
Sets a base target name for all links.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
3.0 and later |
2.0 and later |
Notes:
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If you use frames, this attribute saves you from having to enter a TARGET attribute within every <A> tag. For example, suppose you have a frame named "content" and you want every link to open within that frame. Then you'd use the following tag:
<BASE TARGET="content">
Example:
<BASE HREF="http://www.mcfedries.com/">
<BASE TARGET="content">
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