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cosmo wrote on 3/9/2004, 7:49 AM
That really up to the poster. If the poster codes his/her link properly, it will open in a new window.

This isn't the HTML place, but why not.

Links should be coded like this:

a href="http://www.limitedwave.com" target="_blank">Click Here</a
(I left the < off the front and the > off the end so the code would print here)

It's the target="_blank" that is missing. The forum master may not be able to help you.

Another note - when you see these links you can(if on windows) right-click the link and choose "Open in new window".

roger_74 wrote on 3/9/2004, 7:51 AM
Or (for IE) hold down Shift when you click a link.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 3/9/2004, 8:27 AM
Thanks for the advice. I've been in other forums where it was automatic.

J--
cyanide149 wrote on 3/9/2004, 8:46 AM
When the page is written, a command can be added by the webmaster to open page in a new window.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 3/9/2004, 8:48 AM
That was my understanding. Thanks!

J--
BillyBoy wrote on 3/9/2004, 10:01 AM
When someone adds a URL such as mine below, the format of THAT HTML determines how it is presented and what your browser does with it. The HTML (what you can't see because its encoded) includes the statement TARGET = "_blank" which causes my page to open in a new browser window.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7Ewvg/tutorial-menu.htm

Unless the webmaster edits everyone's posts that includes links AFTER the FACT it just how things are. Which brings back to a pet peeve of mine.

When will Sony get rid of this rather primative home brew forum software and get something more appropriate? Many packages out there, many free, or low cost for commerical use, almost all allow anyoine to include HTML without any "tricks" like the above.
MUTTLEY wrote on 3/9/2004, 10:10 AM
Aside that links arent automatic, I kinda like the board just the way it is, its simple, its clean. It's true as BillyBoy there that there are a whole lot of other BB's out there but a whole lot of em are just way to busy, not that they can't be customized but why risk it ?

- Ray

www.undergroundplanet.com

jbrawn wrote on 3/9/2004, 10:13 AM
MS FrontPage webs allow a page default that provides the value of "target" whenever it is not specified in a page. I'm not sure what server extensions the forum web server uses, but it may be possible to set a forum wide default. Then every link that has something to do with the operation of the forum itself (e.g.: "reply") would have to be explicitly set to not open a new window.

When you see an explicit TARGET = "_Default" this is referencing the page default.

Cheers,

John.
cyanide149 wrote on 3/9/2004, 10:58 AM
If you want all the links on your page to open in a new window you don't have to modify every one. It's a simple matter to apply a default setting for the page so that all the links behave the same way. Here's how...

Insert the following code...

<base target="_blank">
...into the header of your document's HTML (i.e. anywhere between the <head> and </head> tags but not inside any other pairs of tags already there).