Re: new window on redirect

From: Tim McGeary (tmm8_at_Lehigh.EDU)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:20:56 -0400
To: Perl Lists <beginners@perl.org>

Jan Eden wrote:
> Tim McGeary wrote on 13.07.2004:
>
>
>>Wiggins d Anconia wrote: <snip>
>>
>>>>>Sort of. What I don't understand is why do you have to decide on
>>>>>the server side, post-request that the result will be in a new
>>>>>window? Couldn't the original "portal" page just use targets like
>>>>>normal?
>>>>
>>>>It's a database driven site and so, unfortunately, it is all
>>>>server side, at least for this purpose. So are you telling me
>>>>there's no real way in perl to do this?
>>>
>>>Right, but again, assuming the page they are linking from is driven
>>>then set the target at the time of the original display rather than
>>>during the link through? Aka the user goes to the site, is
>>>presented a list of links that are from search results, I am
>>>assuming they will click one of those links to see a detail
>>>listing, seeing that detailed listing in a new window is what you
>>>are after? Rather than trying to set the new window after the
>>>click, you set it when the list is presented originally. Perl isn't
>>>really involved in this because it is running on the server side,
>>>other than you will need to modify how your original result page
>>>(the one they click on) is displayed.
>>
>>That won't work (just tried it). I cannot set a target in the DB.
>>
>
>
> Sorry, if I do not get you right, but... can't your script provide a link list like this:
>
> <ul>
> <li>Item 1234</li>
> <li>Item 1235</li>
> <li>Item 1236</li>
> <li>Item 1237</li>
> </ul>
>
> This is what Wiggins meant when writing "modify your original results page" (as far as I understand him). It has nothing to do with the database nor with Perl. But it works, opening a new window when the user clicks on a link.
>
> - Jan

Actually, I later realized this and indeed am looking into that
possibility. :) I guess I should have responded as such. Thank you
for the reminder.

Tim

Tim McGeary
Senior Library Systems Specialist
Lehigh University
610-758-4998
tim.mcgeary@lehigh.edu

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