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/