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Asked: 2026-06-05T09:59:50+00:00

I have a static html website in a folder on Windows XP. If I

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I have a static html website in a folder on Windows XP. If I open the file directly from its location, the page loads in a browser, but none of the relative links work. They all want to be relative to localhost, not the directory they’re in.

I can drop the project in IIS and it works fine, but I’d like to be able to skip that step and just browse the project without needing a server.

But my question is simply this: is there something I can do so I can view the website locally, through a browser, without a server?

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    <base> Defines the base URL or target for all relative links.
    It goes in the <head> tag.

    It can also be useful for developers who build websites in one location (dev) that will ultimately be placed in another location (prod).

    <base href="http://myfolder/test/">

    There is some discussion — and some more examples for you — in this SO question.

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