Advertisements - open in new tab/window
I have made my site xhtml strict which of course means I cannot use the target="_blank" to open ads in a new tab
(I sincerly hate the fact they removed that, it was a great function)
So what are the alternatives? With either Javascript or HTML to open in new tab or window? (new tab is more preferred of course)
To avoid the arguement, I do understand and agree that pop-ups and new tabs/windows can be a bad thing
But in certain curcumstances it is very acceptable
My Imagehosting site is something we find most users leave open all day, and now and then upload an image or use their account to get links for an image they already have uploaded, so if they click an advertisement and it takes them away from our site it is annoying
The ads I have are ok with link editing as long as the vars or code structure that relates to the ad details and our customer number isn't changed
Other than that it states we are ok to change the links to suit our site
Any ideas?
Cheers
Rohan posted this at 17:58 — 8th November 2007.
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use the following code
TEXT/IMAGE
PS: I don't know if that is XHTML valid, but give it a shot!
greg posted this at 18:27 — 8th November 2007.
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hmm, thanks for the post
That of course is a new window, but might be seen as like a pop-up
I hate those myself and am concerned about putting them on my site too
It will be fine with xhtml strict though
that is looking like my only option if i remain with xhtml strict and dont want users to be taken away from my site
webwiz posted this at 22:44 — 8th November 2007.
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Does this help? - www.sitepoint.com/article/standards-compliant-world
greg posted this at 16:49 — 9th November 2007.
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WOW!
thanks for that! That's pretty neat.
It works like a charm!
New tab, no popups and xhtml strict still!
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