Inline hyperlink problem

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Martin

I have a page with an inline frame. The various pages displayed in this frame have hyperlinks to other sites. The problem is that whenyou select the hyperlink, it opens in the iinline frame and not a completely new window.

Anyone with any idea's on how to get around this?
 
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Steve Easton

Right click the hyperlink, select Hyperlink properties, click Target Frame, select New Window, click
OK.
Republish.

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Martin said:
I have a page with an inline frame. The various pages displayed in this frame have hyperlinks to
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other sites. The problem is that whenyou select the hyperlink, it opens in the iinline frame and not
a completely new window.
 
M

Martin

Tried that. The problem is the new page opens in the inline frame and not a completlely new/seperate window.
 
S

Steve Easton

right click the page containing the Iframe in an area outside of the frame and select Page
properties.
Click the button for "Default Target Frame" and set it to New Window and click OK and OK again

See if that helps.

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W

wp

Try one of the other options in the hyperlink properties/target. How are you testing this? Use IE and remember to clear your cache each time.
 
M

Martin

mmmmm. Tried various options now and still opens the page in the inline frame. I've cleaned the cache, tried rebooting and still get the problem. I'm testing it by uploading to my webspace and trying it from there. The files have definately uploaded as I'm changing the text slightly each to time so I know it's the new files.

I really appreciate your help on this so, if you have any further idea's, I'd be happy to hear from you.
 
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wp

I've done some testing, and I get the same result no matter what option I use even in code view. Sorry.
Maybe one of the other gurus out there has the answer?
 
W

wp

Maybe you should look into other options instead of the IFrame since it's normally used for text only.
How about a dropdown?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

On the pages that load into the IFrames, you have to set the hyperlink proper for each link, to open
the link in a new window.

Set the link properties on the page containing the IFrame have no bearing on pages that load within
the IFrame.

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Martin said:
Thanks dude. Looks like people willjust have to learn to right click and select open new window.
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Not exactly the end of the world really.
Thanks for your help.

Martin
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the cache, tried rebooting and still get the problem. I'm testing it by uploading to my webspace and
trying it from there. The files have definately uploaded as I'm changing the text slightly each to
time so I know it's the new files.
 
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Steve Easton

Tom. He's loading external sites into the iframe.

I can find no way to control the behavior of links in external sites when loaded / displayed this
way.

;-)


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Thomas A. Rowe

But where is he link to these external sites, from the page with the IFrame or a page load with the
links in the IFrame?

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Steve Easton

Hi Tom.

The way I read his post, he is loading the initial external sites into the iframe using links on the
page "containing" the iframe.
The issue then is making the links contained in the external site, which is now in the iframe, open
in a totally new window.
I don't see how it can be done because the link behavior for the page loaded into the iframe is
controlled by that particular page and not the page containing the original iframe.

I don't see a way to do it. ( even googled with no success )

;-)

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Thomas A. Rowe

Steve,

If that is indeed the case, then it is not possible to control how the links open from within the
page within the IFrame.

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Steve Easton

That was my original thought too. But I still spent an hour searching in MSDN and Google.

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Martin

Thanks again for looking into this guys. Maybe one for Microsoft to think about for the next version Frontpage.

Regards,

Martin
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

If you don't own the pages, you can't control how the links open. There is nothing anybody can do
about this.

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Steve Easton

Actually it's a browser issue.

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MD Websunlimited

Martin,

Using DHTML you can change the links in the pages loaded into the IFRAME. The IFRAME contents is just another window (document
object) that can be manipulated.
 
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Martin

I actually got it to work at last. I had a page created in Word with some links. I saved this as and HTM file. When I load the page in the Iframe on my website, the links now open in a new window. No idea why this worked at the moment though. I'll try a few test and let you know.
 
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