JavaScript: New Window and Robots

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JavaScript: New Window and Robots

How to open a new window with javascript and still make the robots find it

sudden

4:02 pm on Jun 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

I am trying to find a way to open a new window for some links and still make the robots follow these links. I want to configure the new windows, so I think JavaScript is the only way to get what I want.

Somewhere, in an old thread, I found the idea to just do both - a normal link and a javascript link:

But now the link opens in the new window AND the old window as well. Of course I only want to open it in the new window. Any ideas?

BlobFisk

4:05 pm on Jun 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

You just need to inform the browser not to follow the default action by adding return false to you onClick event:

<a href="myurl.html" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('myurl.html');return false">My Link Text</a>

HTH!

sudden

4:09 pm on Jun 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks a lot, it works!

Macguru

4:31 pm on Jun 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

You could also add onLoad=window.resizeTo(WWW,HHH); in <body> tag of destination page, for the dual purpose of opening this window to the right size when visitors will be referred from a search engine, and the better serve the groing crowd surfing with JS disabled or Pop-Up killers.