small bit of help please

[gmypc]

hiya peeps
i am looking at making my website open in the same window all the time rather then in windows opening and having to close them i think this makes easyer navigation is this true and suggestions on how i can do this i am not great at this and if replys could be in lamens terms please
sorry to sound silly

[gmypc]

so anybody willing to help me

[Taltos]

Hi gmypc,

The solution is not too difficult but it can be a little difficult to explain without some info. I think that may be partially why you haven't gotten an answer.

Can you post a link to the site here? And when you do that, pick out a couple of examples of links that are opening in new windows. That will allow myself and others to immediately look at an example of your code and show you in an example that is unique and familiar to you, how to fix it.

Normally, it is just an attribute in your anchor tag. For example:

<a href="blablabla.html" target=_blank>Not a real link</a>

This will open a new window for this link. Just change _blank to _self and it should open in the same window.

Hope this helps

[gmypc]

hi the site is here
www.theguernseymodelyachtpondclub.org.gg

[Taltos]

I took a look at the site and the only place I noticed it opening a link in a new window was on the Links page. That is the one place where I and many others prefer to open a new window. Since you are going offsite with those links, it is frequently preferred to open a new window.

A. It tends to let people know they are going offsite.
B. It makes it easier to get back to your site by just closing the window rather than hitting Back button 10 times.

But if you want to open these in the same window rather than a new window...here is a copy of your current html for "Jotika Models" from your links page:

<a href="http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/index.htm" target="_blank">Jotika
Models</a>

As I mentioned before, you need to change the target="_self" to target="_self" as in the example below:

<a href="http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/index.htm" target="_self">Jotika
Models</a>

Hope this helps.

[gmypc]

ok now you seen the site i would lie to get the pages opening in the area where you see the picture of the pond is this possible

[Taltos]

Is it possible...yes.

Is it advisable...no.

To get pages to open in the same area as the pond picture on the main page would require an iframe. It would make navigation more confusing as people would not normally expect something like that. It can also be a moderately advanced task to get things to work cleanly.

My impression of your experience level is that something like that could be really difficult. You would need to spend some time reading, experimenting and learning to get to the level you need to do this. If you are willing to put in the effort, it can be done. I wouldn't recommend doing it that way as it will usually cause more problems that it is worth. Since this is a club site and you are not necessarily looking to attract a lot of visitors from the search engines, you have a lot of freedom in what you can do with it.

I suspect this answer doesn't help that much other than to give you a clue of what it will take for you to do it.

I love the models and would kill to be near you guys. Unfortunately, it appears I'm on the other side of the Big Pond from you

Good Luck

[gmypc]

ok thank you very much for your help can you give me any pointers in making it more friendly
do you think the colours are ok or to pale

[Taltos]

It is actually a really strong but basic site. I like the colors. The only color issue I noticed was that your visited link color is way too close to the background color on the Links page. I don't know if this is tru elsewhere but after I visited a link, it was extremely difficult to read the link.

There are lots of design things to do to any site but you have a great start here.

Enjoy!

[gmypc]

hi there is there an easy way of changing link colors as i am using dreamweaver and cant see any option to change link colors after visited

[gmypc]

ah ha a bit of investigation and i have managed to sort this out thank you so much for your help
if you think any way i can inprove be great

[Taltos]

Good job finding it yourself!

By the way, I just looked up where Guernsey is!! You are in the middle of the Channel on a small island!! Do you live there or just visit? How many people on the island? Just curious.

[gmypc]

i live here and we have a population of about 60,000
dont worry i like to let people know where i am it is pretty diffrent to so people

[Taltos]

That's why I asked...it is pretty different to me. I think I would go crazy on a small island. And its in the Channel. The site I found talked about it being warmed by the Gulf Stream but the Channel to me makes me thing of some nasty weather part of the year. Does it get nasty? What's the climate like?

[gmypc]

well we have a similar climate to the uk so at the moment we are at about 6 to 10oc and wind can get pretty good
also have some very high tides we have a tidal up and down of 10meters
hm go crazy na
as you see i got my hobby now with these boats and trying to learn about the website thing but it is a great litlle island which has no vat


bad point we have no good model shops here i buy a lot of my stuff from america

[gmypc]

after talking like this do you think a bit of info about the island would be beneficail on our site

[Taltos]

As someone who had never heard of it, yes. But the site is really to attract people to the club and keep them informed, at least I assume that is its purpose. Since the island does appear to want to attract some tourism and visitors, it could be good for the people that come to visit.

Do most English and French already know where the island is? It seems that would be most of your visitors but I am just guessing. It certainly won't hurt the site to have a little info on the island.

Have fun, with the boats and the web site!

[WorldwideTrading]

Hi, have you considered getting the menu to "stay" in place on every page. I found navigating your site quite hard as I had to press the back button after seeing each poage to get back to the menu before moving forward to another page. Just my 2c.

[gmypc]

that is what i was mainly after to navigate this site
at the beggiining
i would like to get the pages to open up in the right hand side main screen