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Converting special characters and symbols to html

Link within your website
This is the code you need if you are trying to link to a page that on your site.
<a href=”page2.html”>This is a link</a>

Example:This is a link to /newfangled_employee_blogs

 

Linking to an external site:

To make a link that that redirects to an external site, the href must begin with http://

<a href=”http://cnn.com” >Link to CNN</a>

 

Example:This is a link to an external site

 

Link that opens up in either a new window or new tab

This is the code you need to make a link open up in a new window or a new tab depending on what browser you are using.
<a href=”page2.html” target=”_blank”>This is a link that opens up in either a new window or new tab</a>

Example:This is a link that opens up in a new window / tab

How to make a link that opens up in a new window (popup).

To make a link open up in a new window (popup), here is the code.

<a target=”_blank” onclick=”window.open (‘page2.html’,’_blank’,’status=1,toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,left=20,top=50,width=90,height=90′);
return false;” href=”#”>Test Popup 3</a>

Example:
This is a popup link

Here is some of the optional stuff that one can specify for the new window by either specifying 0 or 1.
Please note: In programming,
0 means false
1 means true.

toolbar=0 hide/show the toolbar
status=1 hide / show the status bar
location=0 hide/show the address/location bar
menubar=1 hide/show the menu bar
resizable=0 is the popup window resizeable
left=200 position the popup 200 pixels from the left
top=250 position the popup 250 pixels from the top
width=300 width of the popup
height=400 height of the popup

If you are specifying more than one item, you must separate the items by a comma.

Test Popup 3

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