Hmmm - thanks for the elaboration, Mike - I appreciate the information on "TARGET=" ! Gloria --------- At 06:11 PM 11/7/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Linda > >I asked a similar question of a colleague recently and his reply >might be useful: > >============== > >I prefer TARGET="_new" which on appropriate pages (such >as one of links to other sites) I specify in the <HEAD> section >of the coding as <BASE TARGET="_new"> to save repeating it for >every link. That way it cuts down the amount of keying you have >to do and the size of the file (and therefore the download time). >You can still override it for specific links by keying those in >as TARGET="_self" which opens links in the same window as the one >you're currently using. It doesn't have to be "_new", it can be >any unique name you choose other than the special ones of _blank, >_self, _parent, _top. > >The reason I say this is that TARGET="_blank" will open every >link it refers to in a separate window, so you could end up with >quite a few, whereas TARGET="_(your unique name, such as new)" >will load the page you're linking to into a window of that name. >So, if you use TARGET="_new" for all your external links, they'll >all open up in the same second window called 'new'. > >============== > >Mike Hall >Powys FHS >Webmaster >Erwood >Powys >Wales > >Email: micronic@hallmark.kc3ltd.co.uk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav@mindspring.com> >To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 07 November 2000 15:13 >Subject: I hate it when I'm stupid > > > >For the life of me I cannot remember the command to open a new >window when a > >hyperlink is clicked on. I know I've done this before and can't >even find in > >my own files <huge sigh>. I've been thru my html books and web >sites and > >still can't find it. > > > >Will someone take pity on me please and give me the code? > > > > > >Linda > > > >lhaasdav@mindspring.com > >Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > >Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion > >List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c > >Interested in Construction? Check out my new book - "The Scopes of >Work" at > >http://www.builderbooks.com/bbstore/index.icl > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/