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Using the Base Tag

Posted on 2006-12-07 by darkesT

In this short XHTML tutorial you will learn how to use the base tag to make your links (using the a tag) easier to write. First of all, there a two ways to use the base tag: for href and for target. The first method, href, means that all links' href properties will be based off what is in this tag. For example:

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With this:

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Will automatically lead to:

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This is especially useful when using mod_rewrite, and it helps you not having to write out the whole URL everytime. The other way, target will set the link's target to the base value. For instance:

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Will make it so all links (unless other wise changed with the <a> tag) will open in a new window. The options for target are:

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They are all self explanatory as to where they lead. That also concludes this short tutorial, and I hope your coding is now that little bit more efficient!

- Connor (darkesT)