Linking from Calendar pop-up

twdmcrider · 07-17-2006, 09:08 AM

I would like to be able to put links within the pop up window but when I do, it opens the page inside the popup window. Is there any way to open the window inside of the main page where the calendar is located?

Matt

**Brian** · 07-17-2006, 09:24 AM

You can set the target of your links.

Example:

<a href='link.htm' target="_blank">Link</a>

and

<a href='link.htm' target="_parent">Link</a>

twdmcrider · 07-17-2006, 09:50 AM

Thanks Brian, I've tried these and they continue to open the links in the pop-up window. Below is the site that I'm attempting to do this. July 22nd is the date with the link, if you want to check it out. I have tried to link with a "_parent" and a "_blank" target.

www.solidrockyouthgroup.com

Thanks for your help
Matt

**Brian** · 07-17-2006, 10:01 AM

Does the same thing happen when using _blank on the calendar's demo.php file?

twdmcrider · 07-17-2006, 10:09 AM

Yep, _parent opens the new page up in the same window (in the pop-up) and _blank opens a new tab (using firefox) in the pop-up window. It acts the in demo as it does on the site.

Matt

ve9gra · 07-17-2006, 11:42 AM

That is because of the way you've configured Firefox. You've set it so that new windows should open a new tab inside of the current window. If you try it with IE, you'll see how it should behave.

twdmcrider · 07-17-2006, 11:50 AM

I tried it in IE as well and it opens a whole new window, which is a step in the right direction. But is there any way to open a link into the main site window below the pop-up.

ve9gra · 07-17-2006, 11:53 AM

The behaviour you're describing is the default for _blank. The one you want should be _parent.

twdmcrider · 07-17-2006, 01:16 PM

Right, _parent does open the link into the same window, but it's the pop-up window. I want veiewers to be able to click a link in the pop-up and have it appear on the regular page not in the pop-up.

I have also found another problem. I am trying to link to a CMS page and when I put the full link into ESCAL it cuts part of the url off, any suggestions?

attempted link
http://www.solidrockyouthgroup.com/m...showpage&pid=1
ESCAL cuts to:
www.solidrockyouthgroup.com/modules.php?name

**Brian** · 07-17-2006, 01:35 PM

You'll need to turn off XSS protection to have "=" in your URL's.

redcrew · 02-05-2008, 08:26 AM

Was this issue ever resolved? I'm having the same issue, using _parent opens the link in the pop-up window.

I want visitors to click the link in the pop-up window, and have the linked page appear on the regular page, not in the pop-up window.

ve9gra · 02-05-2008, 12:30 PM

That is not possible. _parent is meant to be used with iFrame... not popups. All you can do is use _blank which will open a new window.

redcrew · 02-05-2008, 12:54 PM

As twdmcrider mentions in his messages above, using _blank will open a new window within the popup. What I'm looking for is for the link to open in the page, not the popup window.

I'm a bit confused about the comment that "
_parent is to be used with an iframe."

Are you speaking only about EasyPHPCalendar? According to w3schools.com:
_parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset

From what I've read, there is no requirement for markup code on any webpage to be in an iframe in order to use _parent.

ve9gra · 02-05-2008, 04:45 PM

I'll just use your quote... "_parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset"

Frameset being the keyword here. If you're not using iFrames, then you only have a _parent frameset. Any links that open new windows will make those popup windows "_parent". Now with tabbed browsers, it makes it hard to manage links that will behave the same everywhere. Now, the browser (or rather the settings the user chose) dictate how to handle links that open new windows.

My best suggestion, is to only use mouse-overs, so that there's no new window that is opened, hence the link opens in the same window.