Hyperlink Problems

[Bernie]

This problem is giving me an Excedrin headache. My
homepage, http://flight5481flight5481.com, contains a
navigation bar on the left, which is working, and several
hyperlinks which open the desired page, but in a new
window. I can't figure out why they are opening in a new
window. The HTML code for the hyperlink is:

<a href="loose_bolt.htm" target="banner">Loose Bolt,
Caused Crash - Dayton Daily News</a>

The screwy part of this HTML is target= "banner".
FrontPage insists on adding the target parameter. If I
delete the parameter, save the page and reopen it FP, in
its infinite wisdom, has reinserted target="banner" This
behavior is identical on all the hyperlinks on the
website.

When I check the hyperlink properties in the Edit
Hyperlink window, the Target Frame button opens the Target
Frame window. The Target Setting textbox
contains "banner." I clear the Target Setting textbox,
close the Target Frame and Edit Hyperlink windows and find
that the target="banner" parameter has been removed from
the HTML code. However, saving the page, closing and
reopening it causes the dreaded target= "banner" parameter
to reappear.

I do not know if the fact that the hyperlink opens the
page in a new window is, or is not, related to the target
parameter. Any assistance regarding the understanding and
solution of this problem would be most appreciated.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

The target is what is opening your page in a new window
I see in your source <a href="loose_bolt.htm" target="contents">
(a frame that does not exist named "contents")

Right click the link and set the target to same page and save the page




| This problem is giving me an Excedrin headache. My
| homepage, http://flight5481flight5481.com, contains a
| navigation bar on the left, which is working, and several
| hyperlinks which open the desired page, but in a new
| window. I can't figure out why they are opening in a new
| window. The HTML code for the hyperlink is:
|
| <a href="loose_bolt.htm" target="banner">Loose Bolt,
| Caused Crash - Dayton Daily News</a>
|
| The screwy part of this HTML is target= "banner".
| FrontPage insists on adding the target parameter. If I
| delete the parameter, save the page and reopen it FP, in
| its infinite wisdom, has reinserted target="banner" This
| behavior is identical on all the hyperlinks on the
| website.
|
| When I check the hyperlink properties in the Edit
| Hyperlink window, the Target Frame button opens the Target
| Frame window. The Target Setting textbox
| contains "banner." I clear the Target Setting textbox,
| close the Target Frame and Edit Hyperlink windows and find
| that the target="banner" parameter has been removed from
| the HTML code. However, saving the page, closing and
| reopening it causes the dreaded target= "banner" parameter
| to reappear.
|
| I do not know if the fact that the hyperlink opens the
| page in a new window is, or is not, related to the target
| parameter. Any assistance regarding the understanding and
| solution of this problem would be most appreciated.
|

 

[Bernie]

Unfortunately, FP does not allow me to get rid of the
target="contents" parameter. As I mentioned in my
original post, I have tried to directly edit the HTML and
edit the hyperlink through the Edit Hyperlink Window and
the Target Frame button. In both cases the editing
appears to get rid of the target="contents" parameter, but
when I reopen the page after saving and closing it, the
target="contents" window reappears. I have on this site
two discussion forums and each one of them has a frame
nammed contents. I believe that I have somehow clicked
where I shouldn't have and have created a mess. But, how
do I clean up my mess?

Thanks Bernie