n00b here I have a target_"blank" question

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  • cr4zy1van
    Registered User
    • Jan 2011
    • 75
    #1

    n00b here I have a target_"blank" question

    Whats up everybody. I am a total noob in the business. I finally got my site up and running but there isnt much content since its brand new. Im doing a post a day which is about all my schedule can handle right now.

    More importantly though I had a question about the use of target_"blank". W3.org counts target_blank's as an error when I validate the site. Should I use target blanks or should I just have the surfer go directly to the link when they click on it? And which would be better for converting sales? Ideas are welcome and thanks in advance.

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    • DigitalTheory
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      • Jul 2007
      • 1055
      #2
      I have never seen target blank generate an error message in validation and I use em all the time. Care to link to the site. All the target does is tell the browser where to open up the link, ie, in a new window, or if you are using frames it tells it to open up in that frame.

      ETA: Doc Type. Strict html will give that error
      Last edited by DigitalTheory; 01-07-2011, 06:38 PM.

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        • cr4zy1van
          Registered User
          • Jan 2011
          • 75
          #3
          Line 51, Column 136: there is no attribute "TARGET"

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            • DigitalTheory
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              • Jul 2007
              • 1055
              #4
              Change your doc type. My guess is you are using strict HTML........
              Last edited by DigitalTheory; 01-07-2011, 06:38 PM.

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                • cr4zy1van
                  Registered User
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 75
                  #5
                  in the header?

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                    • DigitalTheory
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                      • Jul 2007
                      • 1055
                      #6
                      http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp

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                          #7
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                            • daniel_webcams
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 2491
                              #8
                              I see you've wrote twice target_"blank", make sure you have respected HTML the syntax and wrote target="_blank" or target="_parent", can you name your site, and let us check as well ?
                              Last edited by daniel_webcams; 01-10-2011, 05:06 AM.
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                                • andrewgjohnson
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                                  • Nov 2010
                                  • 11
                                  #9
                                  It's an error with XHTML Strict, XHTML Transitional will allow it. If you want to use Strict and make a link open in a new window you have to use Javascript -- look up window.open if you want to take this route
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