Question about HTML Code on geocaching.com

[+RiverCacher 0]

This question is only slightly related to geocaching, but here goes:

 

On most hyperlinks to web sites that are external from geocaching.com, a new browser window is opened when you click on that link...

 

How is that done?

 

Scott

 

Lynchburg, Virginia

[+Prime Suspect 1]

It's done by specifying a target window. In this case, it uses "TARGET=_blank". This causes the URL to be opened in a new browser window. The leading underscore indicates it's a general name (there are others, like "_TOP"), rather than a specific named window.

 

[+tslack2000 0]

You could have that nifty little signature pic link to something that opens up into a new window! Maybe? Since this is ubb it may not allow you that option. Let's find out!

 

 

It probably didn't work, but we're about to find out!

 

Tyler Slack's Geocaching in Utah

[+tslack2000 0]

UBB code isn't playing. But just for the record, an example in html for what you're asking for would look like this:

<a href="http://www.geocaching.com" target="_blank">The Best Site in the World</a>  

 

The target="_blank" as Prime Suspect explained is what opens it up into the new window, which is quite convenient...especially if you want people to come back to the page they are clicking from!

[+RiverCacher 0]

Thanks guys...I think I've got it figured out now... Scott

 

Lynchburg, Virginia