I have some hyperlinks set to 'blank" so they open in a new window.
It works on Safari but not in Firefox.
Any ideas on what I can do to fix it?
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If you set the target ro _blank (leading underscore is needed) then
they should work. Be sure that you have the page set to one of the non-
strict DOCTYPEs, as strict anything will not allow the target attribute.
Also, I believe there is an option in Firefox to control what the
browser does regardless of what behavior you request in the page.
Walter
On Mar 27, 2010, at 6:38 PM, SkipII wrote:
I have some hyperlinks set to 'blank" so they open in a new window.
It works on Safari but not in Firefox.
Any ideas on what I can do to fix it?
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THanks for responding but I do not understand…
“set the page to one of the bob-strict DOCTYPES”??
Also do not understand what you mean about some setting in Firefox to control what the browser does. I want the browser to do what I set it to do – open the link in a new window.
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Non-strict. Sorry, typo.
In the Page Inspector (Output tab) there is a setting called HTML,
where you can set HTML 3.2, HTML 4.0.1 Strict, HTML 4.0.1
Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Strict and XHTML 1.0 Transitional. (This same
picker is present in the Document Setup dialog, where it controls the
default for all new pages you create after it is changed.) When you
change this picker, you are rewriting the DOCTYPE tag in the head of
your page or pages.
The DOCTYPE is a short preamble to your page code that tells the
browser how to interpret the following HTML, and forms a “contract”
with the browser, telling it what sorts of content or formatting are
required or “legal”.
HTML 3.2, HTML 4.0.1 Transitional and XHTML 1.0 Transitional all allow
the Target attribute to be added to hyperlinks, and none of the Strict
ones do. Freeway will not allow you to set a Target on a link if the
page is set to one of the Strict DOCTYPES.
Also, you don’t own the browser. The end-user can set her browser to
do anything she wants and you have to get over the idea that you can
control it. You can request behavior, and you have to respond
gracefully in case that request is ignored. So if you design your site
to only work correctly if the request for a new window is honored,
then you will have to accept the fact that the user may decide your
site is broken.
Walter
On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:12 PM, SkipII wrote:
THanks for responding but I do not understand…
“set the page to one of the bob-strict DOCTYPES”??
Also do not understand what you mean about some setting in Firefox
to control what the browser does. I want the browser to do what I
set it to do – open the link in a new window.
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wald,
My site is set up for “transitional” — so not "strict. I’m still a little baffled about why it does not work in Firefox when I am just testing in myself, not hurling it out to the world where people may have their browser set to block pop-up windows.
BTW, your response was one of the most informative I have ever received. I means a lot to a relative newbie to have someone explain the “how & why” not just the “what.” I appreciate it.
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If you can host your site somewhere public and post a link to it here,
one of us can test it on a number of browsers and see what might be
the issue. If you have set the Target attribute in the Hyperlink
dialog to _blank, then it should just work.
Walter
On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:33 PM, SkipII wrote:
wald,
My site is set up for “transitional” — so not "strict. I’m still a
little baffled about why it does not work in Firefox when I am just
testing in myself, not hurling it out to the world where people may
have their browser set to block pop-up windows.BTW, your response was one of the most informative I have ever
received. I means a lot to a relative newbie to have someone explain
the “how & why” not just the “what.” I appreciate it.
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Soon as GoDaddy send me confirmation that I am “Go Daddy” I’ll post the site.
Thanks for you help.
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Soon as GoDaddy send me confirmation that I am “Go Daddy” I’ll post the site.
As long as you are aware of the problems that some users experience with their GoDaddy hosted sites - especially when it comes to contact forms.
David
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