Posted by Steve Pugh on 05/04/06 20:58

"Jeremy Brown" <jerem43@att.net> wrote:

>I have a small vanity site that is a member of WebRing. They give you a
>script to put on your site that will bring you to the next/previous/random
>site in the ring. I know absolutely nothing about scripting and I wish to
>force the script open the link in a separate window. Can anyone help me edit
>the script so that it will do this?

Why not let the user choose to open the links in a new window or tab
if they want to, and to not do so if they don't want to?

>Also, please forgive the HTML on the page, I am still learning. It will
>eventually be all Strict once I get CSS down pat.

Ah well, the easiest method of forcing a new window (regardless of
whether users want it or not) isn't allowed under the Strict versions
of HTML 4 and XHTML 1 so you have some conflicting goals here.


>Here is the script:
>
><!--Begin Webring Navigation-->
>
><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"
>src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=jerem43;u=defurl">
><!--//

Oh good, they're still catering for Netscape 1.0 era browsers that
don't understand script elements. Good for them. ;-)

>function SymError()
>{
> return true;
>}
>
>window.onerror = SymError;
>
>var SymRealWinOpen = window.open;
>
>function SymWinOpen(url, name, attributes)
>{
> return (new Object());
>}
>
>window.open = SymWinOpen;
>
>//-->
></script>

That looks like it opens in a new window anyway (window.open being a
bit of a clue).

Steve
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