Xko

not sure which language you'd use for this so i posted here...

basically what i want to create is a small pop-up window so that when a user clicks on a link to a game screenshot they get a small pop-up of it instead of being taken to another page.

I think it might be java-ish but again i'm not too sure.

Ooble

Not Java, JavaScript. They're totally different - the only thing in common is the name. In the <a> tag, simply put:
As you can probably see, this opens the window you place in the brackets. The "return false" bit tells the link not to go wherever it was going - you still put the href bit in for people who don't use JavaScript.

An alternative (and probably a better idea) is to put this into a bog-standard link:

With the JavaScript, you can change the width and the height of the window, but someone else is gonna have to help you with that.

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Xko

Right ok, so if i had this link...

1

should then now read...

<a onClick="javascript:window.open('<http://www.classic-games.org/screenshots/alienbreed01.gif>'); return false;"</a>

?

Ooble

Not quite. It should be either:

Or:

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Xko

Ok i've used the latter of your two quotes (as it's shorter!) but yet when i upload it, then click the link it takes me to a new page, not create a popup on the same page.

hmmm?

big_k105

did you try the first one. the one that is longer? if not give that a try as that should work

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Xko

i did, but i think there must be one or more characters/symbols missing as it's not just the '1' that is the link, it's everything afterwards and i'm not too sure what i need to insert or where.

must be a confidence thing!?!

sarumont

Ooble jipped you on quotes. You need to add a double-quote (") to the left of the > before the 1.

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Xko

That's the one...i knew something was missing, what & where though i wasn't too sure.

Thanks sarumont!

Another question though if you gents would be so kind...

Here's the page i want the popup window to 'popup' on...here now when i click the '1' for the first screen shot it still goes to a seperate page.

My question is, is the popup actually working but it's just that the size of the popup window is 'full size' and that i need to resize the window?

Sorry for all the questions! - but you're a great help!

Xko

Sorted!

I have just found this site here that actually takes the information you input and creates the code afterwards and bam! it works!

Here was the final coding anyway...

Open the Popup Window

All i need to do now is change a bit of the wording around.

Thanks all!