closing frames in a link - Tech Support Forums

sr71000 · April 29th, 2005, 05:36 PM

ok...most of you know about my website at http://kevinscorner.meta-cortechs.com but i have a questions about links. Because of the way the domain name is set up, it uses frames..that link links a page that is one big frame...and my page is loaded into that frame. Problem is, that frame does not close when you click a link (so you go to microsoft.com but up top it still says http://kevinscorner.meta-cortechs.com). When you go to install the activex for microsoft anti-spyware beta for example it has to refresh the page and when it does so, it goes all the way back to my page rather than just back one page like it's supposed to. To get around that, I've made the link as below and just opened a new windows

Code:

<A HREF="www.microsoft.com" target="blank">Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta</A>

That just opens a new windows. I want it to open in the same windows but close the damn frames....all I can think is making a page for my program that i link to instead of the programs actual page and put in the code necessesary to close the frames and have that automatically forward you to the programs website. is there any easy target command that will close the frames yet open it in the same window? Thanks!

sr71000 · April 29th, 2005, 05:44 PM

never mind...lol. i just thought of building the link in frontpage and seeing how frontpage closed the tab

lol. it's actually pretty easy to do, I was just screwing it up! lol.

Code:

<A HREF="www.microsoft.com" target "_top">Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta</A>

i was forgetting the stupid _

**RobRich** · April 29th, 2005, 05:47 PM

Glad you figured it out.

One definitely must pay close attention to those pesky target commands.

_blank renders the link in a new, unnamed window
_self renders the link in the current frame
_parent renders the link in the immediate frameset parent
_top renders the link in the full, unframed window

sr71000 · April 30th, 2005, 12:51 AM

thank you sir

much better explanation than post of the stuff i'm finding online

lol

sr71000 · April 30th, 2005, 06:32 PM

ok... so my site is http://kevinscorner.meta-cortechs.com . Right now the links are all set up with target="_top" which makes it load in the same windows. should i have all my links like that or do you think I should set them up with target="blank" which opens a new window?

paul9 · April 30th, 2005, 06:46 PM

if you set it to open in a new window, then remember that some popup blockers will stop that from working, and less technically minded people will just see it as a broken link.
the site has changed a lot from when i last visited. and it doesn't look like it is hosted on isp freespace any more

sr71000 · May 1st, 2005, 01:07 PM

it's on my own server

I thought of that, but when I use the site i typically want to go to 3 or 4 different programs when I'm working on a computer..it's a pain in the butt for me that I have to keep reopening the page now instead of having everything just open in it's own windows. I figured I'd ask for other opinions.

sr71000 · May 2nd, 2005, 10:54 PM

bump...what do you guys think...should my links open in the same window or a new window? Which would you prefer?

sr71000 · May 4th, 2005, 08:45 AM

bump again.