What the heck is this:

[tclements]

" target="_blank

How does it get put in and how can you avoid it?

Thanks!

[Ben]

It is an artifact from an edit on a page/signature/text field that has an active hyperlink. Upon editing the page, (I do not understand why...) the "gunk" is created. The editor must delete the extra "gunk" before submitting his post, or it will carry through.

[Kevin Hendrick]

" target="_blank

How does it get put in and how can you avoid it?

Thanks!

That gets put in when somebody types in a URL and forgets (or doesn't know) to add the "url" and "/url" tags to the beginning and end of it. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p176UpWQOs4" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

vs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p176UpWQOs4

Each time you use the Preview, it inserts one of those ... if you click on the "quote" button to reply, it inserts one.

[tclements]

Ok. EXACTLY what do I have to add to an active hyperlink to avoid the target blank thing?

[Kevin Hendrick]

Ok. EXACTLY what do I have to add to an active hyperlink to avoind the target blank thing?

After you type in the hyperlink, highlight it and then click on the URL button just above the editing area -- that adds the tags at the beginning and end of the hyperlink (like this -- use the "quote" button on this post to see the tags):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Divide

If you prefer, you can type in the tags manually -- they work the same either way.

[tclements]

Aaaaaa. I think I got it. Thanks, Kevin!!

[Bandmaster]

It is a result of an error made by the webmaster of this forum. I've had to to do it with several forums I adminster. There is a modification that can be done (correctly is preferable) which causes ANY links added to a post, whether surround by the URL tag or not, when clicked, to open a new browser window instead of leaving the forum. The " target="_blank should read target="_blank" and is added by the forum software (after the mod) to any link posted, but it should not be visible on your screen. It is visible here because the quotes are in the wrong place. This little piece of code tells your browser to open a new blank window and insert the URL into that blank window.

[David Richoux]

The other fun game to play with URLs here is using

Code: Select all

[URL=http://your link.com] your name for the link which can be of any length [/url]

so it is more readable - it shows up as underlined blue text, but just your name for the link shows up.

For example: a rather interesting arrangement of "The Saints" with Helicon

instead of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_vM0-3eCjc

Hope I explained that well enough - if you do it, be sure to preview to make sure you did it right.

[pgym]

It is a result of an error made by the webmaster of this forum. I've had to to do it with several forums I adminster. There is a modification that can be done (correctly is preferable) which causes ANY links added to a post, whether surround by the URL tag or not, when clicked, to open a new browser window instead of leaving the forum. The " target="_blank should read "target=_blank" and is added by the forum software (after the mod) to any link posted, but it should not be visible on your screen. It is visible here because the quotes are in the wrong place. This little piece of code tells your browser to open a new blank window and insert the URL into that blank window.

Sounds to me like a bug in the software that the webmaster, for whatever reason, hasn't patched rather than an error by the webmaster.

[Kevin Hendrick]

The other fun game to play with URLs here is using

Code: Select all

[URL=http://your link.com] your name for the link which can be of any length [/url]

so it is more readable - it shows up as underlined blue text, but just your name for the link shows up.

For example: a rather interesting arrangement of "The Saints" with Helicon

instead of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_vM0-3eCjc

Hope I explained that well enough - if you do it, be sure to preview to make sure you did it right.

Thank you, David -- forgot about the Code tags and button! That and renaming a link are both useful things to know.

[Bandmaster]

It is a result of an error made by the webmaster of this forum. I've had to to do it with several forums I adminster. There is a modification that can be done (correctly is preferable) which causes ANY links added to a post, whether surround by the URL tag or not, when clicked, to open a new browser window instead of leaving the forum. The " target="_blank should read "target=_blank" and is added by the forum software (after the mod) to any link posted, but it should not be visible on your screen. It is visible here because the quotes are in the wrong place. This little piece of code tells your browser to open a new blank window and insert the URL into that blank window.

Sounds to me like a bug in the software that the webmaster, for whatever reason, hasn't patched rather than an error by the webmaster.

Nope... it is from a mod that the webmaster tried to add so folks that click on a link in a post won't leave this website, but instead open a new browser window. You have to open individual files that make up the forum software and physically add target="_blank" to the source code in that file at just the right place in the code. If you make a mistake, one quote mark in the wrong place, you can get what you see happening on this forum. I have done it many times myself on other forums that I administer.