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OPEN in NEW WINDOWS or CURRENT WINDOW?

Posted by jackstcliveblog • 12/31/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: open in current window, open in new window

Do you make your widgets in BlogCatalog or other links "open in NEW WINDOWS" or "open in CURRENT WINDOW"?

Open in NEW WINDOW:
Advantage: Visitors still stay in your site when clicking other links.
Disadvantage: Many windows open, visitors cannot concentrate.

Open in CURRENT WINDOW:
Advantage: Visitors can concentrate focus on one page.
Disadvantage: Visitors leave your site when clicking any other site's link in your site.

Actually I have one Question here,
Below is my site, I just new to the widget and put it to my site.

Free Stuffs Blog (Jackstcliveblog)
jackstcliveblog.blogspot.com/

I wana make my BlogCatalog widget to open in new window in my blog, is there any way to do it since it is a script?

User Comments

12/31/08

jackstcliveblog

So, is there anyway make BlogCatalog widget to open in new window?

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1/01/09

jackstcliveblog

Hello, anybody know how this stuff works?

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1/01/09

voodooKobra

New tab.

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1/01/09

jackstcliveblog

I mean the java script to open in new window.
This is the blog I created and listed in BlogCatalog.
www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/free-stuffs-blog-jackstcliveblog.html

I put a BlogCatalog widget there to my blog but the widget is open in the same window. I just new to this script as it is not html that can use target='_blank' to open in new window.
I just wana know is there anyway to make the widget open in new window? The widget code is a script format code, not html.

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1. 1/01/09
  
  voodooKobra
  
  Probably, but I haven't played with JavaScript in forever. In fact, I installed NoScript just so I don't have to deal with it on OTHER people's websites.
1/02/09

jackstcliveblog

It is the widget I mean.

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3/20/09

EssentialBastard

OK. I'm not the only one who's been having trouble getting the BlogCatalog widgets to open in new windows. Like the above poster stated, since it's not HTML, we can't add a simple target="_blank".

Code for 'recently viewed widget' is below. Ideas?

< script src="http://www.blogcatalog.com/w/recent.php?id=4595029&width=239&rows=5&bgcolor=FFFFFF&bcolor=2d6e89&lcolor=333333&hcolor=FFFFFF&img=l&htext=Curious Bastards&name=0" type="text/javascript">

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1. 3/20/09
  
  samureyed
  
  To the best of my knowledge...
  
  The script src command is referencing a javascript file that is not accessible by you. So unfortunately, there is no way to have your recently viewed widget open it's links in a new window because you would need to edit the source file that BC has.
3/20/09

preaxz

yep .. it can't be done since it's javascript generated, and it's actually not on your server.

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3/20/09

EssentialBastard

That was my fear. Thanks for responding!

Is there a way to reach a technical person at BlogCatalog?

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3/20/09

timethief

@EssentialBastard
Can you tell me why you care whether or not your reader's choice of clicking on an avatar in the BC Recent Visitors widget opens in a new window or not?

(1) What perceived advantage do you see to yourself?
(2) What perceived advantage do you see for your readers?

You see, I feel exactly the opposite way about opening every link in a new window than you do. I like having control over my own browser and I like making my own decisions. I like them so much that when I experience a blog wherein the blogger has mucked about and made the choice that every link will open in a new window, then I don't return that blog ever again. But, hey, that's just me.

P.S. There's a Contact link in the footer of every BC page.

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1. 7/08/09
  
  acLiLtocLiMB
  
  You see timethief, you might be surprised to know that the majority of surfers are not as IT-wise as us. They don't realise that they have a certain control over their browser!
3/20/09

weblogian

Check the src
The widget is serve from the Blogcastor server with a tracking code.

I see no possible way to do that.

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