How can I get a link to open in a new page?

[MelodyW]

Hi

Have recently purchased Actinic Developer V7 and have a couple of questions.

I want to link to a PDF file. I have used the link tab and simple link but when you click on the link it doesn't open as a new page. I assume you can do this in one of the templates but I don't know which one. Can anyone help?

Also, is there anyway of hiding acatalog in the web address?

Many thanks

Mel

[webyourbusiness]

put the raw HTML in a fragment or product description.. encosed in !!< and >!!

!!<
<a href="yourpdfdocumenthere.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for product specs</A>
>!!

the new window will opened because of the target="_blank"

hiding acatalog can be done in a number of ways... what type of web host are you on (windows/*nix)

I generally use a unix symbolic link - as in http://www.nod32usa.com

I link the acatalog folder to whatever I want to use (in this case nod32-antivirus-products) - then reference it in all my HTML as such.

There was talk that it would be allowed within the Actinic product itself, but I got fed up waiting for it (from v3 - v4 - v5 - v6) - perhaps v7 allows it out of the box - but I found another way and continue to use that method to this day....


hth

Greg

[BobW]

Opening a pdf file in a new page

Greg (or whoever can help),

I also wanted to open a pdf file in a new page but upon following your instructions I get an ALERT that says:

"c is not a registered protocol"

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Bob.

[pinbrook]

what code are you using?

what is the url in the browser

I've seen this message in Firefox when the url to the c drive is incorrect (off line preview)

[BobW]

Jo,

I've obviously done something wrong because after you meantioned about Firefox (which is what I typically use) I tried in IE and got absolutely nothing !!!

The code I put in was:
<a href="C:\Program Files\Actinic v7\Sites\Site1\Website Pictures\pp2-3_600dpi_CMYK_flat.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a>

What have I got wrong???

Many thanks in anticipation.

Bob.

[pinbrook]

I would remove the hard coding as that isn't going to work online

<a href="pp2-3_600dpi_CMYK_flat.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a>

and add to your additional files to ensure it getrs uploaded