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

This is a known issue and it's that IE requires closing the tag but not Firefox, the other browsers simply don't care. Here is what works for me:

Feel free to tweak at your will, and of course replace {BASE_PATH} with your actual path, i normally use an absolute path, but i've seen this work for relative too

EDIT: And please note that your path should end with a trailing slash