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Hello,
It's been a while and I currently don't have access to my old JavaScript tutorials, so please bear with me.
I'm aiming to, when somene clicks a link on my site (which redirects to another 3rd-party site), pop up a window which gives the option to return to my site. When the link is clicked inside this small pop-up window, I want the parent window to be redirected back to the main page of my site.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Use a link in your child window like so:
<a href="javascript://" onClick="window.opener.location.href='my_page.html'">Back to main</a>
If you also want the parent window to come to the front and the child window to close, do this:
<a href="javascript://" onClick="window.opener.location.href='my_page.html';window.opener.focus();window.close();">Back to main</a>
Note: The above links should be with javascript as one word. (SitePoint edits them, thus the split).
Last edited by scrubz; Apr 15, 2001 at 18:24.
okay, Scrubz:
The problem I have is not with your code, but rather code I'm using to open my Pop-up window. In conjunction with your code, this is the script I have between my <HEAD> tags:And this is the code I have for the link:Code:<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function openWindow1 { var popupWin = null; popupWin = window.open('http://www.interfall.com/Franklin/BackToMain.html','BackToMain','width=400,height=375,resizable=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,left=10,top=10,scrollbars=yes') popupWin.opener.name="Main"; popupWin.focus(); } </SCRIPT>Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't believe I've forgotten how to do this simple stuff in such a short time.Code:<a href="http://www.site.com" onClick="JavaScript:OpenWindow1()">
BTW, the exact error I'm getting is an 'object expected' error.
Remember, all the "java scripts" really are one word in my code.
Thanks again!
Is the code you posted from the popup window? From your original post, it sounded like you wanted to open a popup window containing a link back to your site, and when it's clicked, your page comes back in the parent window.
If the code below is in a popup, your link is trying to open another popup window (or load your site in the existing popup with the same name).
In your onClick, just use...
onClick="window.opener.location.href='http://www.interfall.com/Franklin/BackToMain.html'"
The object expected error is probably from missing () after your function name:
function openWindow1() {
But you shouldn't need that function in the popup. Have I totally confused anyone yet?
well, I have the logic right. I double-checked to make sure.
Here's what happens. I click on the link, and that's when i get the object expected:This is the code that i put inside of the link where, after opening the page, I want the small window to pop up with the back link...I get 'object expected' When it's clicked on. Any advice?Code:<a href="http://www.site.com/" onClick="JavaScript:OpenWindow1()">
Thanks.
Two problems:
1) Put parenthesis after your function name:
You have: function openWindow1 {
It should be: function openWindow1() {
2) When calling the function with your onClick, you've spelled the function OpenWindow1, but it should be openWindow1 (lower case o).
That should do it.
Perfect!!
I forgot about small capitalization errors with JavaScript.
If you want to check out what you've helped to complete, simply go to:
http://www.interfall.com/Franklin/index.asp
and click on the Weather picture. You'll see the window pop-up when it's clicked on.
Well, I'm off to monkey around to get the proper size for the window...thanks again! You've made my day!
Bingo! Cool, it looks like it's working.
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