links do not open in new windows

I have a couple of web-sites which I constructed in Dreamweaver 3.

To keep people on the site I usually set behaviours to links which open a new window.

I have had a few complaints that when links are clicked to window opens and it fails to load.

One complainant indicated that the window opened and filled if he right clicked and took that option, but if he left clicked then it failed.

It never fails for me, with IE6 and NN6 but there are a few people out there who do have that problem.

I have researched the MS knowledge base and found Q272322 which addresses the problem in IE6 (W98 2 XP) - it suggests registry or dodgy dll files and solutions it accordingly.

Anybody come accross this and got a solution or is the Q doc hitting the nail on the head?

richard@cav16.co.uk

 

Is the behaviour limited to a single browser/version? Do those experiencing the problems have any typ of filtering/pop-up blocking software installed?

 

I don't think this has anything to do with DLL files or registry settings. It is probably an issue with the end users web browser. They may have Javascript switched off. Or they may even have a very old browser. It could also be some form of add or popup blocker. I don't know how dreamweaver deals with opening windows, but maybe you should look at the source code of the pages. If you know anything of HTML, then you know hyperlinks are written like this:

<a href= "www.thisstie.blah ">blah</a>

There are a few different ways that new windows can be opened, but the way I would use is like this:

<a href= "#" onClick= "window.open('www.thissite.blah') ">blah</a>

If, rather than this method, the code calls some Javascript function, an ad blocker could consider it a pop up ad. You should go in and check that dreamweaver did not do such.

Its always best to learn about HTML and Javascript if your goign to use them with dreamweaver so you can go in a fix dreamweaver's mistakes. Dreamweaver is inefficient, and makes web pages that are much heavier than they should be. HTML is easy and fast to learn as well. This site:

Pageresource.com!

is awesome.

BDBD

 

Thanks for the responses guys.

Here is a typical example:

<div align= "center "><a href= "#" class= "linktabletext" onClick= "MM_openBrWindow('http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rs.king/transfer/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=350,height=200') ">Workshop<br>
Manual </a></div>

It has been tested by one guy who has tried it on a number of browsers in addition to IE & NN, so I think it is reasonable to assume it is not browser dependant.

Had not thought of the add/banner blocker that could be a possibility, I will follow that up.

Any other ideas let me know as I can use it to ask various questions when/if others complain.

I started websites by teaching myself HTML but moved over to DW3 on a time basis.

Thanks for the link its bookmarked for study later.

richard@cav16.co.uk