<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Using Base Tag with Local Files IE8 and Modern Browser DEMO</title>
<!-- The name of this file is: test.html -->
<!-- The location of this HTML file on the hard drive is: C:\temp\html\test.html -->
<!-- This unusually constructed Base attribute tag uses two rules to have it work for Locally Hosted IE8 Files that are not server based. -->
<!-- First, the "URL Scheme" is based on "Network Path Reference" which means no Protocol is used. -->
<!-- Second, the "forward slashes" are changed to "back slashes". It's the syntax IE8 actually expects. -->
<!-- This entire method is also friendly for modern browsers showing these local files that are not server based. -->
<base href="\\c:\temp\resources\" />
</head>
<body>
<p>
<!-- The location of this "image.jpg" on the hard drive is at: C:\temp\resources\image.jpg -->
<img src="image.jpg" alt="image" />
</p>
</body>
</html>