Thread: Links open new browser (how?)

Is there a way I can get links to open in a new browser?

Example: On my site, I have a page of pictures (thumbnails using the gallery). When you click on the thumbnails, the larger image is displayed in the current browser, which forces the user to click the "back" button to return to the original thumbnail page.

I would like to have these pictures load in a new browser (on top of the current browser). Any ideas??

Related topic:
http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/hyperlinking-making/862-creating-hyperlinks.html

I think the person means clicking on picture with a link which opens the picture in another window, not necessarily another url.

visit http://www.w3schools.com or http://www.allthescripts.com

<a href="enter the url for the picture here" onclick="NewWindow(this.href,'message','600','1100 ','yes','center');return false" onfocus="this.blur()">change to what you want</a>

place the above in html box where you want it, you can change the size of the new window by changing the "600" and "1100", make sure you up load the picture 1st

to give an idea goto

http://www.easttilburyinfantschool.com/loading.html

If you use the gallery tool in Bluevoda, the person looking at the thumbnails can click them to enlarge. When they click the thumbnails it uses the current browser window to display the image. So to go back and look at more thumbnails you have to use the back button.

He is asking if there is a way to open the thumbnail enlargements in a new browser window so the person looking at the thumbnails doesn't have to push the back button to get back to the website to see more. They simply just close the new window of the picture while the other website is still being displayed.

Unfortunately this is not possible using the build-in gallery.
Unless you instruct the visitor to right click the image and select Open In New Window.

Anyone have suggestions on a gallery to use?

Hello Thin,
I am not an expert and I don't know if I am meant to be answering other user's questions, but I was reading the forum and came across yours. I don't know how your C/panel is set up. If you open the file to Edit, you should see the html code for those images; something like <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/pagename.html"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/imagename.gif"> To open a new window for those images, add a target="_blank" or target="new". I use the blank because that's what I'm used to. The link should look something like this <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/pagename.html" target="_blank"><img src etc.>
As I said, I am not sure what your setup is, but if you find the <a href>and add the target="_blank" it will do the trick.

Originally Posted by Thin

Is there a way I can get links to open in a new browser?

Example: On my site, I have a page of pictures (thumbnails using the gallery). When you click on the thumbnails, the larger image is displayed in the current browser, which forces the user to click the "back" button to return to the original thumbnail page.

I would like to have these pictures load in a new browser (on top of the current browser). Any ideas??

See below: I spoke too soon--

Originally Posted by meau

Hello Thin,
I wrote a reply to you below but then I read lower down the page. Apparently this is not possible in the image gallery according to Pablo. Sorry, I spoke too soon.
I am not an expert and I don't know if I am meant to be answering other user's questions, but I was reading the forum and came across yours. I don't know how your C/panel is set up. If you open the file to Edit, you should see the html code for those images; something like <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/pagename.html"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/imagename.gif"> To open a new window for those images, add a target="_blank" or target="new". I use the blank because that's what I'm used to. The link should look something like this <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/pagename.html" target="_blank"><img src etc.>
As I said, I am not sure what your setup is, but if you find the <a href>and add the target="_blank" it will do the trick.

Thin - The way I did this is a 3 step process
1. Added a square the size of the catalog page, white background and black border.
2. Added the Gallery selection one column and no titles
3. Added a one column table, show borders, and sized it to the gallery.
In the cells I put the link that opens the pic in a new window. The can't click the pic from the gallery, but they can click the table cell.