What are the recommendations for html <base> tag?

Question

I\'ve never seen HTML tag actually used anywhere before. Are there pitfalls to its use that means I should avoid it?

The fact that I have never noticed

Answer 1

Base href example

Say a typical page with links:

home faq etc

.and links to a diff folder:

..Portal2home p2faq p2etc..

With base href, we can avoid repeating the base folder:

Portal2-Home P2FAQ P2Contact

So that's a win.. yet pages too-often contain urls to diff bases And the current web supports only one base href per page, so the win is quickly lost as bases that aint base∙hrefed repeats, eg:

home faq etc



Portal2-Home P2FAQ P2Contact

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Conclusion

(Base target might be useful.) Base href is useless as:

• page is equally WET since:
  • default base [–parent folder] ⇌ perfect (unless unnecessary/rare exceptions 𝒞1 & 𝒞2).
  • current web ⇌ multiple base hrefs unsupported.

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Related

• comparison with Apache∙rewrite base