APA> I am concerned that using APA> <base href="http://www.xemacs.org/"> APA> in template.html (all page contents get wrapped into this APA> template) is more a curse than a blessing. [snip] APA> AFAIK, "base href" is a feature to be used when web documents are APA> sent off via e-mail, to provide a base for all relative links. Not according to any HTML spec I've ever seen. If you can provide a citation for that, I'd be pleased to see it. It _is_ a way to provide a base for all relative links, but there's nothing about it being specific for email, AFAIK. Like I said, I'd _really_ appreciate knowing the source of this information. APA> Using this feature as a means of website design is an error, I APA> believe. It is the cause for all the broken links in APA> "Architecting XEmacs". Calling it an error is an error, IMNSHO. The reason for the broken links in the Architecting section is because those documents were prepared by a third party (someone paid by Ben, IIRC), and never properly integrated into the web site. APA> I would like to get some feedback from yall, especially the ones APA> who decided to use APA> <base href="http://xemacs.sourceforge.net/"> (Totally my decision, in case you hadn't got that yet.) APA> What was the motivation? The reason for using <BASE> is so image links in the template will work at all relative directory levels of the site. Consider what would happen with the <IMG SRC="Images/xemacs.gif"> when viewing <URL:http://www.xemacs.org/About/index.html> if that BASE tag wasn't there. Yes, there are other solutions possible. They all felt kludge-y to me; while using the <BASE> tag felt relatively clean. john. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John S Jacobs Anderson \ <URL:http://www.xemacs.org> You'll have to pry my Emacs from my cold \ jacobs(a)xemacs.org dead oversized control-pressing left pinky finger. -- Randal L. Schwartz