David Schwartzer
Level 3 (775 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Certain Pages Open in New tab

I have developed a site in iWeb and now want to add some new pages to it.  These pages are not links to another site but only to other pages on the current site.

 

My problem is, some of the pages just change in the current window of the browser and some open a new tab and then open. This causes a user to have 5 or 6 tabs open while staying on the same site.

 

I do have some links on the main menu bar that takes the user to a different site and I have those set up to open in a new window but that is not even an option on these pages as the menu button only points to a page on the existing site.

 

I have tried rebuilding the pages several times thinking there was a stray piece of code from another page but I can't find anything that might be causing this.

 

I haven't published the new pages yet so I can't direct you to the site to see the behavior but thought someone might have an idea why this is happening.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

David

OS X Mavericks (10.9), iPhone 5s with iOS8, iPad2

Posted on Oct 8, 2014 6:53 PM

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  • by charliemacOS,Helpful

    charliemacOS charliemacOS Oct 14, 2014 3:00 PM in response to David Schwartzer
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    Oct 14, 2014 3:00 PM in response to David Schwartzer

    Can you show a page here on your web site that demonstrates this problem?

  • by David Schwartzer,Helpful

    David Schwartzer David Schwartzer Oct 15, 2014 3:24 PM in response to charliemacOS
    Level 3 (775 points)
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    Oct 15, 2014 3:24 PM in response to charliemacOS

    Charlie:

     

    Thanks for your response.  As it turns out, after I posted my question I did some additional trouble shooting and appear to have figured out the issue.

     

    Some of the buttons on the menu bar used to point to other web site pages and in the Inspector, had been set to open that referred page in a new tab/window.  I assumed that when I changed the link type from refer to a web page to Open one of my pages, that the Open in Another Window/Tab link would automatically be disabled since it only applied to the refer to a Web Page type.  That is apparently not the case.

     

    To resolve this issue I went back into the Inspector, changed the link type to refer to a Web Page, unchecked the open in a new window box (ever though there was no URL in the box), and then switch back to the Refer to one of my pages reference.  With that change, the menu buttons now works correctly.

     

    If you are interested in seeing the finished site (with the properly working menu bar) the URL is:     www.judymandel.com

     

    Thanks for responding to my questions and offering to help.

     

    Regards,

     

    David