mackem

Ok.
This is my first ever attempt at designing a website so please try and keep everything in lehmans terms.
I am using dreamweaver (just as a WYSIWYG tbh) and really need help with two things as I have absolutely no idea how to do them.

1) How do I get the web page to be centered in the browser? So that there is an equal spacing on either side of my page.
2) How do I create a hyperlink that doesn't show up without being underlined when viewing the page?

Thanks very much.

*edit* more info about the hyperlinks. They are not underlined in design view and are showing like that in internet explorer, but when viewed in firefox they have the standard hyperlink line underneath them.

GalaxyTramp

There are different methods of centering your page dependent upon how you have coded your page. Div tags Table tags and CSS styles can all do the job.

CSS will also remove the underlines from your hyperlinks.

Without seeing your code it is very difficult to be specific.

GT

brianfall

The first line of code in my centered webpage is;

<table width="1002" height="594" align="center" cellpadding="0">

Maybe something similar would work for you?

Brian

mackem

Ok.

Well I managed to figure out both of the things in the first post by myself but there is one more problem I am having.

How would I make my hyperlinks open in a new browser window?

Thanks.

GalaxyTramp

<a href="http://yoursite/page.html" target="_blank"></a>

mackem

Thanks.
Would I be right in thinking that to get it to display as a certain piece of text I would have:

<a href="http://yoursite/page.html" target="_blank">Display Text</a>

Also, if I wanted to have the hyperlink be running from a picture, how would I do that?

And finally, how would I change the font, colour and size of the display text with the code?

Thanks.

GalaxyTramp

Yes thats correct

<a href="yoursite/link.html"><img src="yourimage.jpg" alt="place alternative text for image here" /></a>


Using a CSS style preferably. Google CSS for info about how this is done.

Hope this helps and keep reading up on HTML and CSS.

GT

mackem

Thanks very much.

I am now asking one final question for a mate who is having a go at a website in Microsoft Publisher (weird choice I know).

He is stuck on hyperlinks too and has come across a way of getting it to open pages in a new popup window by using the following HTML code:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function Show(Url, Name, Features)
{
window.open(Url, Name, Features);
}
// -->

</script>
and then using:

javascript:Show('http://consoles.freebiejeebies.co.uk/18259', 'newwindow', 'menubar=yes, toolbar=yes, location=yes, directories=yes, status=yes, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes')

for the hyperlinks themselves.
What he wants to do is get the links to open in a new tab rather than a popup window and wants to know if he can do that using his method.
Thanks.

GalaxyTramp

Hi

To the best of my knowledge getting links to open in a new tab is dependent upon the browser settings and cannot be triggered by the webpage. Firefox does this easily, IE7, well to be honest no matter how I change the settings I have yet to make tabbed browsing work

GT

snazzy

I have just found a way to do this but it only seems to be working in firefox at the moment ( might be my settings, might not be, please test )

if you use the target attribute, you can use target="tab" unfortunately as some of us already know the target attribute is being dumped by w3c.

I will keep trying to create or find another way for ie, not tested in any other browser

however, it looks as if it might be catered for by w3c very soon with css3 http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-css3-hy.../#dependencies