Whenever a user clicks a link, the linked page usually replaces the current browser page. This is the standard link function, which has been used for all links in this lesson up until this point. The instruction to a browser regarding where the link will appear is known as the target. There are a number of different targets that you can use with your links. At times, you might want to display the new browser page in a different window. If you link to a site outside your site, for example, you might be leading users out of your site if the new site replaces yours in the browser window. If users haven't bookmarked your URL, they might not remember how to return to your site. When an outside link opens a new browser window, the original page remains in the first window.
When you click the yogasangha.com link, the linked page opens in a new browser window. You can close this file. Tip Be careful when using link targets to open new browser windows. Multiple windows might annoy or confuse your visitors. Each new window can increase the RAM requirements on the user's computerwith the amount of memory that most computers have these days, this is not so much of an issue, although it might be if a significant portion of your audience uses older machines. |