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base element

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Specifies an explicit URL to use for all relative URLs within the document.
The base element allows defining a base URI for the document. It is useful if you want to insert many images, objects, styleSheets, scripts, etc. relative to a path other than the current document location. Must be placed in the head section.
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This element cannot have a closing tag.
JavaScript page for this element: base.

Possible members:

Attributes
Events
Styles
href
Sets the base URL to be used throughout the document for relative URL addresses.
id
Sets a unique identifier for the object.
name
Sets the name of an element.
target
Specifies the target window or frame where the document is to be opened.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the base element:
<head>
    <base href="http://help.dottoro.com/external/examples/" />
</head>
<body>
    This link is relative to the <a href="common/images/area.gif">base URL</a>.
</body>
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