Most users of Mambo and Joomla would agree that the basic handling of so-called "SEF" (Search Engine Friendly) URL's is really bad. Unfortunately, the SEF code is so deeply entrenched in the core of both CMS's that there is little that can be done about it in the short term. However, if you are experiencing problems with the base href issue, this little trick should help.
In your template's index.php file locate this code within the <head> tags:
<?php mosShowHead(); ?>
Replace it with this:
<?php mosShowHead('','base'); ?>
This prevents Mambo from outputting the generated base href tag. If you are using SEF and need to specify a base href you will then need to manually add this to your template's index.php header area to enable correct linking to relative links within your site when you have SEF enabled.
If your site is in the server root (not a directory off the root), use this code within the <head> tags:
<base href="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>" />
If you have Mambo installed in a directory, then use this instead:
<base href="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/" />
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