HTML base tag and element
1. If a base element is used in an HTML document, it specifies a URL, which is applied to all relative elements of that document.
2. base element starts with <base> tag and it's end tag is forbidden.
Syntax
<base href="URL" />
Whether both start and end tags are required
The start tag is required but end tag is forbidden.
Can contain
HTML base element is an empty element, i.e. it can not contain any other text or element.
Can reside within
HTML base element can reside within head element.
Attributes
href.
Target frame information
Example of using HTML base element
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>HTML link tag example > HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
<base href="https://www.w3resource.com/">
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><a href="php/php-home.php">PHP Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript/javascript.php">JavaScript Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="mysql/mysql-tutorials.php">MySQL Tutorial</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
result
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