On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Dave Carscadden wrote: > On all the links pointing away from my site, I was putting a target="_new" > tag into my code, forcing a new browser window to open, so that I wouldn't > lose my customers. After 2 hours searching, I cannot find the new > acceptable way of doing this on your site. Well, firstly that is - as a general rule - very bad practice. If a user wants to open a new window, let *them* do it. And don't try to "keep" them at your site, unless you want to annoy people into never returning. The acceptable way to do it would be to use a scripting event to open a new window: <a href="http://somewhere.else/" onclick="gotopage('http://somewhere.else/');return false" >somewhere else </a> where gotopage() is your function to open whatever window you want, bearing in mind my admonition. > Therefore I would like to suggest, for the thousands of people like myself, > a search box for deprecated tags which would transport me to the section > explaining the new acceptable way of writing that code. That is a nice idea in principle, but not easy in practice. There would be a huge amount of work to do, writing all the hints and tips (which is really what you're asking for), and correlating them to the error messages. OTOH, a lesser solution, such as a FAQ with keyword search, might just be feasible. -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the essential service for anyone with a website. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>Received on Tuesday, 11 December 2001 19:24:06 UTC
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