Monday, April 18, 2011

P is for Pop-up windows for your blog links

If you have a link in your blog, you might like it to open up in a pop-up window so your visitor doesn't leave your site. Just click on Edit HTML, find the text being linked, and change it like this:

11 comments:

RosieC said...

Great idea. I wonder what the code would be a for a new tab. Hmm.

Angela said...

Interesting. I had no idea.

Anonymous said...

I had no idea. Thanks for teaching me something.

nutschell said...

great tip! hmmm. I'll definitely try this out. great meeting you through the a-z!
nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com

Golden Eagle said...

I keep meaning to do that with my links--but I've been trying to get my posts out as fast as possible with the A-Z Challenge and I don't want to fiddle with the HTML.

Mary@GigglesandGuns said...

This is handy to know. Thanks.

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Anonymous said...

Sorry. That's me above; made a typo. Here's trying again....

I'm always grateful for any help I can get where blogging is concerned! I tried a WordPress blog to start with and couldn't figure it out and my son didn't have time to help me. I'm really not very technologically astute; actually, I'm just barely literate in this area!

Glad you found me. Glad to find you in return!
Ann Carbine Best, Long Journey Home

MISH said...

Hey Bob ~~ I'm popping in from the A~Z Challenge .
Computer lingo is a nightmare for my partially-technologically-challenged brain ...
Thanks for sharing anyway .

~MICHELLE~
http://writer-in-transit.co.za/category/other/rambles-rants-and-raves/

G.~ said...

Hi Bob. Stopping in from A-Z. Better late than never.

Thanks for the info.

Anonymous said...

I use this feature. I don't care to use the back button. Give me the pop up window any day.