HTML <base> TAG and local folder path with Internet Explorer

Question

I am trying to use < base> TAG to indicate the source folder containing the media files for my html pages located in separate folder.

I have the

Answer 1

It looks like there are two separate issues with IE8 and IE9.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/c51bb8b9-40ab-437b-a125-88b660f3e1ca/

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/e5cfdf07-494c-4703-aa4a-34a1a548de05/

A workaround that seems to be working in IE8 and IE9 is including http:// in the base href. I am not experiencing any issues in Firefox (v9)