Brand New, Many Questions

[kevLearning]

Hi, I am not a skilled HTML guy, and have many questions, so I'll start with an easy one: We simply want to have a fixed-sized window appear when someone clicks a link that is going to present them with a "definition text" screen...in other words, you click a link called "horse" and a new window pops up at a fixed size (say, 600x400) with a text-only definition for you. I appreciate any help...my next question is going to be about htaccess. FYI, I check the archives, but did not find info sufficient for my skill level/brain power.

Thank You.

-kev

[curtiss]

You need to use javascript to do this.

You should code your links like this:

<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/yourpage.htm" target="myWindow" onclick="return window.open(this.href, this.target, 'width=600, height=400');">My link</a>

That should do it. That link will open a window that is 600x400 if the user has javascript enabled. If javascript is disabled, it will just open the link in a new window.

[kevLearning]

...I appreciate the help. However, I am not clear on the following variables (noted with an arrow):

<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/yourpage.htm" target=

"myWindow" <-----------

onclick=

"return window.open(this.href, this.target, <-----------

'width=600, height=400');">

My link <-----------

</a>

THANK YOU - kev

[curtiss]

The target is just an arbitrary name you can assign to the window that will open. By giving the window a name, you can set up your links so that all of your "pop-up" links open in the same window, rather than creating multiple new windows.

"this.href" and "this.target" have to stay exactly as they are. "this.href" tells the browser that you want the link to direct the user to the URL listed in the "href" portion of the link. "this.target" tells the browser that you want the link to open in the window specified in the "target" portion of the link.

Basically, "this" is a way of telling javascript to find the attributes within the tag that's calling that javascript.

"My link" can be anything you want it to be. That's the text of the link that will open the window.