This is not a question post. It's merely a solution post to all those interested in how to have the links open in a new window. I posted this earlier but apparently someone deleted it. So, for the benefit of others, here's the results of how we got it to work. Hopefully you won't have to search through pages of postings to get the answer from now on!

In 'index.html' template, find the line that states:

<%ifnot Details%>
<a class="link" href="<%db_cgi_url%>/jump.cgi?ID=<%ID%>"><%Title%></a>

This is the line if your are NOT using the 'details' view for your links

Change it to this:

<%ifnot Details%>
<a class="link" href="<%db_cgi_url%>/jump.cgi?ID=<%ID%>" target="newwin"><%Title%></a>

Thanks to Paul and Eliot for their assistance. I hope this helps others looking for the same answers.

FYI: It wasn't deleted, it is available a few posts down from this at http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...w=collapsed&sb=5

Andy

webmaster@ace-installer.com
http://www.ace-installer.com

Thanks, Andy. I saw that later after I posted this thread. Actually, the one I was referring to was locked. Got a little heated

....and all over a little bit of html

Installations:http://www.wiredon.net/gt/
Favicon:http://www.wiredon.net/favicon/

hehe..... yep!

Sorry for being a fool, bur it seems that i can´t find the template index.html. Where is it located ?

Kim

Kim, I apologize. It's not the 'index.html' it's the 'link.html' file. My bad.

I believe the pages/index.html is built from combining the sub site_html_print_cat in the site_html_templates.pl file with the home.html file located in the templates folder.

Gene

Thanks, it worked!

hehe.. this was my first time coming to these forums and searching and actually finding the answer to my question right away..

thanks! no on to problem number 2..

http://www.hiphopgateway.com
http://www.diligentimpact.com

Thank you for searching the forums...I appreciate your effort...since quite a few newbies don't take the time to search the forums...or at least take more than two minutes to search the forums.

Thanks again for your effort!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

very good guys could you please edit the first part of this post for us idiots that don't know to read the whole thing. LOL btw it works great.

Can this be extended in some way to include the "Random" Link...? This functions for regular links but if you click on Random Link, you're not redirected in a new window...

yea, simply add target="newwin" in your RANDOM link HREF codes.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me

newwin isn't a good solution it seems as it will not let you open a browser more than once. Use _blank

Here we go again...I disagree, since _blank is not universally accepted across different web browsers.

Paul, if you would like to discuss this issue further, please feel to PM me rather than continuing to harrass me in the forums. Thank you.

Goodbye.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me

Questioning a solution you provided is not harrassment.


That's correct. I guess you need to decide on a balance and what suits your needs. You either have to use _blank which will eliminate some browsers, or use newwin which will only open one window and then fail to open any more.

I think you can solve this by using

target = "_win<%ID%>"

instead of
target = "_new"
or
target = "_blank"

etc... As ID is unique.
Of course, you could even try
_win_<%Title%> or such..

using the <%Title%> field is not good, because of spaces, the better approach is using the <%ID%> as you stated.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me

Right!

I've been using the Title field after the spaces are converted to underscores with a regex...