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I was hoping there`s someone out there with a fix for a problem we`ve been experiencing in a web project I`ve been co-developing.
Essentially, we`re creating a web page that will allow visitors to surf and rate websites using a "toolbar" in the header. The problem is a few websites will totally "wash out" the header and the user can no longer access the toolbar.
According to my web partner, there`s a script on those sites that allows the page to extend the entire area.
Ultimately, my goal is to allow the user to remain on the site, but easily navigate to differnet sites. And this just ain`t doing it.
Any idea how we can fix this?

The Swaynester

Swaynester,

What are you using for the toolbar?  Is this a framed page?  Is it an actual "browser" toolbar?

Brian

I use FrontPage 2003 to generate my websites and when I set up a link there is an option to open the new page in its own page without closing the current page. The following is a sample of the code that is generated.

<a target="_blank" href="Link`>http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/">Link to PDR
            made easy.</a>

Note the "target="_blank"" entry.

Hope this helps.

I`m wondering if the script that your web partner is talking about is meant to prevent their site from being served up in someone else`s framed site. 

It`s hard to trouble-shoot the problem without actually seeing it.  If there`s a way to give me access to the dev site so I can see what`s happening....send the info in a private message or directly to my SuN email address.

I think that`s exactly what he said, Brian.
My web guy has been helping me on his own time (he has his own consultancy biz), so when I get a hold of him, I`ll see if he`s up for sharing the dev site.
I appreciate the offer!
We may just put this out in beta form and get some feedback.