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How to open external link in Dreamweaver in same tab

New Here ,
Nov 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021

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I want to make a hyperlink to an amazon page, childrens books.

 

<li><a href="#" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('https://www.amazon.com.au/Children-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=4893846051');return false">Children's Books</a></li>

 

this is my code. The link works fine, except it opens the amazon link in a seperate window. I want it to replace the current window with the amazon page. I think this is because of "MM_openBrWindow"

 

What can I replace this with so the amazon tab will open in the same tab/window?

 

I am new to dreamweaver and HTML in general so please be thorough

thanks,

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Nov 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021

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If you just want the link to go to the new page, get rid of the script and use a standard <a href> link...

<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Children-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=4893846051">Children's Books</a></li>

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I agree with Jon.  There's no reason to use a JavaScript event trigger when you don't have to.  Ordinary HTML is all you need.

 

To open external links in a new browser window or tab on desktops,  add target="new" to the anchor tag.

<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Children-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=4893846051" target="new">Children's Books</a>

 

Note: mobile browsers only have one window.

Number of Mobile Internet Users Increased to 92.6%

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
Alt-Web Design & Publishing ~ Web : Print : Graphics : Media

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Nov 17, 2021 Nov 17, 2021

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For some reason, Jons link gave me a 'amazon refused to connect' screen, but yours worked how it should.

I didnt put a javascript event trigger there, I dont even know what that is. I'ts part of an assignment where I have to fix the issues with the website. I downloaded the code from my teacher. This was the one thing I couldnt figure out. 

 

Big thanks.

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