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[ljF50]

Hi everyone,

this should be a simple answer or a stupid mistake on my part .

I have an a href:

<a href="www.facebook.com/GravityBE" target="new">

However when clicking on the actual link it goes to:
http://gravity-design.be/www.facebook.com/GravityBE

How can this be? and better how can i fix this?

thanks,
Yannick

[Darin McGrew]

This refers to the path "www.facebook.com/GravityBE" relative to the current document:
<a href="www.facebook.com/GravityBE" target="new">

This refers to the path "GravityBE" on the Facebook server:
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/GravityBE" target="new">

For details, see the FAQ entry How can I avoid using the whole URL?

[Christian J]

You need the http:// protocol (or in this case the encrypted https://, since FB uses that) in the URL as well. Without it you just have a relative link URL, which is then appended to the page's own URL (in this case http://gravity-design.be/).

Also, target="new" refers to a frame named "new". If you want to open a new window, use target="_blank" instead.