Bikertov Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Can I make a technical suggestion for the Forum ? At the moment, if you click a link to one of the Forum sponsors your browser page is taken away from the Forum and goes to the sponsors page. It may be better to set the link to "open in a new browser tab" with the sponsors page, so you don't lose where you are on the Forum and can carry on reading from where you were. There will probably be a setting on the link option to say "open in new tab" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Why not just right click and select open in a new tab from dropdown menu,also to return to the forum page just righr click and click the back arrow,, simples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 36 minutes ago, unclemike said: Why not just right click and select open in a new tab from dropdown menu,also to return to the forum page just righr click and click the back arrow,, simples Yes, you can do that on a computer, but it is not the 'natural' click with a mouse, and not sure how you do that on a touch screen like a phone or tablet. Also, if you have continued browsing on the sponsor site, it is more 'back' clicks to the Forum. Typically in website design, you don't take people away from the site on an external link, you open a new tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDH Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Bikertov said: Typically in website design, you don't take people away from the site on an external link, you open a new tab. Absolutely, otherwise people get lost trying to get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 i darent attempt it, i know how to add a sponsor or remove one, but dont ask me to change the coding for how the links work, as often when i try that it breaks the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 23 hours ago, Bikertov said: Can I make a technical suggestion for the Forum ? At the moment, if you click a link to one of the Forum sponsors your browser page is taken away from the Forum and goes to the sponsors page. It may be better to set the link to "open in a new browser tab" with the sponsors page, so you don't lose where you are on the Forum and can carry on reading from where you were. There will probably be a setting on the link option to say "open in new tab" Yeah it's a fair point. Actually the adverts sidebar is our own custom bit of code (there was nothing that did quite what we needed) so we could easily add a target=”_blank” to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, oldgregg said: Yeah it's a fair point. Actually the adverts sidebar is our own custom bit of code (there was nothing that did quite what we needed) so we could easily add a target=”_blank” to it. Thanks @oldgreggthat would do it, so long as the general consensus agrees of course ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 If it is easy and doesn't disrupt the sponsors, fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Done! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Out of interest, @Bikertovare you in the tech industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, oldgregg said: Out of interest, @Bikertovare you in the tech industry? Yes I am - happy to discuss anything further via PM if you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Should have kept quiet, you now have an unpaid job.... 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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