[tschneider]

I'm sorry in advance if this is a totally dumb question. On my site I have a few video demos. I have had them directly on a demo page until now but it makes my page very slow loading. What I would like is to have my demo page have the links to the various videos but then the Flash videos would pop up in their own window. Anybody know where I could start figuring out how to do that?

Thanks as always,

Tee

[mattp]

EDIT: max h is right, you really should just go with the javascript solution.

by the way, going with max's idea, you can get some more info here: (slightly outdated, but still usable, if Im not mistaken, again) http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jwinopen.htm

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In addition to what he's posted, you could alsoWell, to open up a new window with a link, use something like:
<a href="http://www.pageresource.com/linkus.htm" target="_blank">
Link to us!</a>

With your own words and URL, of course. But this doesnt control the size or appearance of the new window. For that kind of stuff, I think you'll have to delve into some good ol' Javascript.
http://www.pageresource.com/html/newwin.htm
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[mx]

Originally Posted by mattp

<a href="http://www.pageresource.com/linkus.htm" target="_blank"> Link to us!</a>

no, no, no! target should be used for frames, not for opening new windows. If you insist on opening a new window you should do it with javascript.

<a href="link" title="link title" onclick="window.open(this.href,"title_with_no_spaces"); return false;">Link title</a>

[tschneider]

Thank you for these. Am I getting from you that it would be preferable not to open a new window? The only reason I'm doing that is because with multiple demo's on the page, it doesn't load well so I thought if I just had the links on the page it would load and then the individual videos would load when the viewer specifically chose to watch one of them.

[mattp]

While you should be careful not to overdo it, in your case I think opening up a new window for the flash video is fine, albeit a bit complicated.

One problem on the web is that a lot of sites open up a new window when they take you to a whole new site, because they're scared to lose you. But you're staying within your own site, so I dont see why it cant work, as long as you are willing to spend a bit to code it.

[tschneider]

gotya. thx again.