I have a silly newbie question that I need help on. Please...
 

Okay, will someone help me for a moment.

I just need to know what exactly is target="_top" ? I mean what does it do? What is the difference between that and just doing a regular link? I know that target="_blank" opens the link in a new page/window, but I am not sure what target="_top" does, therefore, I think I am doing something wrong when it just opens the normal page.

The reason I ask is because on Chokers site, i think the rules say that you have to target="_top" it and I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Anyone? Please help me before I leave this morning.

Thanks in advance ;)

Edited: can't say the I.F. word.

Try http://htmlbasix.com I think they cover that info there along with other helpful topics

Would there be a simpler answer? I am at the site and they offer a lot of info, but they don't have a search option, so I can look up the subject, I don't know where to begin. What do I call a target="_top" , so that I can look under that topic? I should be leaving in less than 15 minutes, and I wanted to have this solved before I left. Thanks for the great site though, I bookmarked it for future reference. :)

you can have: base target="_blank"
this will open all links on your page in a new window

adding tag target="_top" overrides it

Thanks to both of you! Okay I think I've got it! :)

target="_top" makes sure that the page loads in the current window and that any frames, etc will be broken out of. Say a link sends surfers to your site with a fram, this will make sure that the surfer only sees your site, not the other sites frames .

It basially means it will open a new page, replacing the frames with a single page. So if your in a page made of frames and a link has that target applied to it, the link will open a page in the same browser window which replaces the frames.

hehe allways a step too late


I wasn't wearing my super hero cape. Thats what it was.

Okay, thanks for the deeper detail. I'm finally getting used to this html stuff.
Well, I'm outie. So, anyone who answers after this, thanks in advance.

See ya,
NWM