Website Design Tips & Tricks
How To Open Links in a New Window
Please don't feel that this is one of those "stupid questions". Better to think positive - the easy solution is to use HTML code to force a link to open in a new window.
To open a link in a new window, add target="_blank" to the anchor tag. This will cause a new browser window to open where the linked page will load.
Here is an example:
<a href="nostupidquestions.htm" target="_blank">There are no Stupid Questions</a>
And the result is:
Using Dreamweaver to Target Links
If you are using Dreamweaver, highlight the text you are linking within your page, go to the properties panel, at the Link Input Field type in the URL to link to, click on the down arrow next to the Target Tag, and choose _blank.
