Link to an external web site in your Navigator-built menu

[Max C]

I've searched all over for the answer to this one, but apparently I'm
not smart enough to find the answer.

I've built a simple web site in Frontpage 2000. I used Themes to
simplify building the overall looks and I used the Navigator window to
simplify the menu creation. The problem is, I would like to have 2
links included in the menu available on every page that link to
external web sites. I would prefer that when the user clicks on those
links, it spawns a new browser window and takes the user to that
external site.

The problem is, it seems to me that in order to get a link included in
the automatically built menu (built by the navigation windows layout) I
have to have a physical page on my site. I can't seem to find a way to
get the automatically generated menu to include links that don't exist
on my site.

For the time being, I created 2 pages and just put a redirect meta tag
in each of them, but the problem there is that they don't spawn a new
browser window. It just redirects. AFAIK, there's no way to make a
redirect spawn a new window.

My guess is that this is either a simple problem and I'm just not
looking at it from the right angle, or this is not possible in
FrontPage 2000.

Thanks for any hints anyone can give.

Max.

 

[L Covey]

I've searched all over for the answer to this one, but apparently I'm
not smart enough to find the answer.

I've built a simple web site in Frontpage 2000. I used Themes to
simplify building the overall looks and I used the Navigator window to
simplify the menu creation. The problem is, I would like to have 2
links included in the menu available on every page that link to
external web sites. I would prefer that when the user clicks on those
links, it spawns a new browser window and takes the user to that
external site.

The problem is, it seems to me that in order to get a link included in
the automatically built menu (built by the navigation windows layout) I
have to have a physical page on my site. I can't seem to find a way to
get the automatically generated menu to include links that don't exist
on my site.

For the time being, I created 2 pages and just put a redirect meta tag
in each of them, but the problem there is that they don't spawn a new
browser window. It just redirects. AFAIK, there's no way to make a
redirect spawn a new window.

My guess is that this is either a simple problem and I'm just not
looking at it from the right angle, or this is not possible in
FrontPage 2000.

Thanks for any hints anyone can give.

Max.

Not familiar w/ FP2000. I use FP2003.

Try right clicking on your page in the area you want the external link.
Click "Hyperlink". Type the name of the link in the "Address" area
at the bottom of the dialog box that appears. Key any text you want to
display at the top of this same dialog box. On the right you will see a
button among others, called "Target Frame". Click it. Choose "New
Window", OK, OK.

LC