External links

[npn2531]

Is it kosher to hardcore a link on a http (non ssl ) page? Or do you get the dreaded 'insecure and secure items' warning, or lose the session id?

 

ie

 

to simply type <a href="http://www.externallink.com" target="blank">external link</a>

 

or is there a proper way to do this?

 

Thanks

[Jack_mcs]

Yes, that is fine. The non-secure error will only occur when on a secure page and the session ID only applies to links to somewhere within the shop.

[npn2531]

Thank you!

[burt]

There is (or was) a bug in Chrome:

 

http://www.clubosc.com/google-chrome-and-ssl-in-oscommerce.html

 

Hopefully it's now fixed?

[♥joli1811]

Hi Jase,

 

Also had a chrome bug where he did not recognize target blank was a few months ago though .maybe fixed now.

 

Regards

Joli

[npn2531]

I have a vague remembrance of reading that 'target=blank' was going to be depreciated, and when I google 'target blank' I find there is a fair amount of 'controversy' over it's use.

I did at least learn that in some browsers 'target=booger' will also open a new browser window. Too bad I'm not 12 years old anymore and find this hilarious.

 

www dot russellheimlich dot com/blog/target_blank-vs-target_new/

[xbusymom]

I have just tried to do the href thing for an external link in the conditions page (inside the text body) of the site and I got this 404 error page...

 

http://yoglin.com/shop/"http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/"

 

Where in the coding can I alter the link manager to NOT put everything inside the store... it would be so helpful to put an external link into the banner manager, links in product pages, etc. and have it go to the external website..

 

Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

L Dean

[xbusymom]

ok, I found the problem...

<a href=”http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/”> www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org </a>

 

becomes (without the href quotation marks)-

<a href=http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/> www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org </a>

 

and it works great.

 

but that still leaves me with a question of how to alter the banners_url to allow links to external sites?

 

Thanks for your patience with me (asking questions that I inevitably answer 5 minutes later...

 

L Dean