Thanks Brian, that's what I'll do! P.S. I see you work for CSU? That's my old stomping ground (Albury)
Cheers Shaun Brian Walters said: > G'day again Shaun > > Actually what I was getting at was not moving the external links to a > separate > page but including a window "target" in the HTML code so that the external > link > opens in a new, separate window rather than replacing your page. > > Most HTML editors should be able to do this but, in any case, you can edit > the > code manually. For example, in the paragraph under "Wittenoom Gorge" on > your > home page there is a link to Mesothelioma Web. The code for the link is: > > <a > href="http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/mesothelioma.htm";><strong>mesothelioma. > </strong></a> > > When someone clicks on this link the Mesothelioma Web site replaces your > page and > the visitor might not return. However, the following code would open > Mesothelioma Web in a new window and leave your page active. > > <a href="http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/mesothelioma.htm"; > target="window1"><strong>mesothelioma. </strong></a> > > > Sorry if I'm telling you something you already know. > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > Australian Plants Societies > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/ > > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:12 , 'Dr. Shaun Canning' > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >>Thanks for the positive comments Brian. Much appreciated. I will indeed >>move the links to a separate page. In fact, I might get rid of that stuff >>altogether. Undecided as yet. >> >>Thanks again... >> >>Cheers >> >>Shaun >> >> >>Brian Walters said: >>> Shaun >>> >>> Really impressive site - I looked mainly at the flower shots as that's >>> my >>> interest. >>> >>> I liked the clarity in the thumnbnails and the sharpness of the scans >>> generally. >>> Were all of these taken with the *istD or have some of them been >>> scanned >>> from >>> slides and then worked over in software? >>> >>> I've got quite a lot of wildflower shots on slides but I've found it >>> difficult to >>> get decent scans. My transparency adaptor attached to the Epson 1650 >>> Photo >>> scanner gives results which are acceptable for the web but not much >>> else >>> and I've >>> found the quality of Kodak Photo CD scans ranges from excellent to >>> abysmal >>> with >>> most being just OK. >>> > > >>> Back to your website - I agree with earlier comments about the size of >>> the >>> images >>> and I still think they are a bit large. Is there a reason why they >>> need >>> to be >>> that large? As a viewer of the site, I would prefer if they could fit >>> on >>> the >>> screen without scrolling. >>> >>> The only other thing I can think of is the way you reference your >>> external >>> links. >>> At present, anyone who clicks on the "mesothelioma" link, for example, >>> gets >>> taken away from your site and may not return. It might be worth >>> "targeting" the >>> external links to a separate window so that your site stays active. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> > > > ---- Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com > >
