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Outbound links.

         

Jeffry

4:48 pm on Jan 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I have a non-frames site. Is it possible to open outbound links whitin my site and retaining my own url in the address bar?

Jeffry

DaveN

4:54 pm on Jan 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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you could use a iframe

<iframe
src ="http://www.some_where_else.com/default.asp">
</iframe>

Daven

Jeffry

5:20 pm on Jan 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I need some more explanation Daven.

bill

4:20 am on Jan 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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...the old 100% frames trick would probably work:

<frameset frameborder="0" border="0" framespacing="0" rows="100%">
<noframes>
<body>
text
</body>
</noframes>
<frame name="outside" src="http://someothersite.com/" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="auto" noresize>
</frameset>

Jeffry

9:03 am on Jan 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Sorry Bill, I'm not so familliar with this.
May I send you a copy of a page, so you can show me how to do it in a real document?

bill

9:39 am on Jan 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Jeffry I posted pretty much all the HTML you need...here's an entire page:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>page title</title>
</head>
<frameset frameborder="0" border="0" framespacing="0" rows="100%">
<noframes>
<body>
text
</body>
</noframes>
<frame name="outside" src="http://mysite.com/" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="auto" noresize>
</frameset>
</html>

Just replace "http://mysite.com/" with your page.

Jeffry

10:12 am on Jan 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Bill, I don't think this is what I am looking for.

I have a page with links to other sites. I want the links to open in the same browser window with my site address in the address bar.
What do I have to change in that exsisting page?

bill

3:02 am on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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That should do exactly what you asked for...try it out.

MWpro

5:39 am on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I don't recommend what you are asking for... it is always better to just open the link in a new window. That keeps them at your site while they check out the new site. What if they don't like the new site that it takes them to? They will leave, and probably not come back to your site. Also I don't see why having your same address in the bar but having their page in the browser window... Trust me though, new windows will be much more efficent.

Brett_Tabke

8:50 am on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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If the target site should have an issue with it, and challenge you in court, they would win.

fathom

9:14 am on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Completely agree with Brett here.

Having a client that provides valuable resources online (shockwave), they found a while back that paid-for portals were using their content: not as a link out to the page but by "framing the applet" to their own web page so the user could be contain.

As a web resource my client's applets provide corporate credibility and free in the public domain but this does not mean free for someone else to create revenue without premission and royalty payments.

The client immediately embedded IP tracking code in each applet and to date have avoided go to court but have received several compensation cheques as settlement.

Your situation may indeed be quite different but without the copyright owners premission you could lose much more than a few visitors.

Jeffry

2:00 pm on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I only want to use it for a link with a affiliate code on. This way visitors don't see it as a affiliate link. And the target site is the company I work with, they will not complain doing this.

When you do this with other links and without permission I am also completely agree with Brett.

And MWpro it's indeed better to open a link in another window. Can this be done having my own url in the address bar?

Jeffry

3:27 pm on Jan 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Thanks Bill, it works.

Next problem:

Now I have my own url in the address bar with another site in the browser window. Very good, but when I navigate through that site a get that same url with affiliate code in the status bar. I have tryed to fix that with a java script, but it doesn't work.

Any suggestion?

bill

3:59 am on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Try this thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

Jeffry

10:06 am on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I cannot change the links of the outside page.
Other suggestion?