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I made a mistake guys...A friend is working on this big project and wanted me to help with his site since I sitebuild and the works. I'm used to manually creating sites myself, but he needed to be able to add content after I finished, so I needed a host/site editor that would allow him to do that. I chose wix because it seemed pretty good...It was ok until he started making very code-heavy demands. I was able to find rediculous workarounds to a lot of the problems with it...but the probably easiest thing is something I can't figure out...

A link in wix's html widget only seems to open in the box frame where the code is, or open another tab. I can't have the actual page it's on change. I've tried both target=blank and target=self but neither works. I'm at a loss...I feel really bad about messing this up by picking wix..

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A link in wix's html widget only seems to open in the box frame where the code is, or open another tab. I can't have the actual page it's on change. I've tried both target=blank and target=self but neither works. I'm at a loss...I feel really bad about messing this up by picking wix..

I don't understand your issue at all. You want open a new window or in the same window?

Try these and pick the one that is closest to your issue:

<body>
<!--example 1-->
<a href="" target="_top">link1</a>
<iframe src="" name="iframe1"></iframe>
<!--example 2-->
<a href="" target="_parent">Link2</a>
<iframe src="" name="iframe2"></iframe>
<!--example 3-->
<base href="" target="_blank">Link3</a>
<iframe src="" name="iframe3"></iframe>
</body>

If none of the above. Then you need to post a code snippet of the issue you are having.

Edited by LastMitch because: grammer
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<a href="scatterset.com/#!videoscroller/c1cdw" target=_blank>
    <img src="http://www.quackit.com/pix/milford_sound/milford_sound_t.jpg" border="2" style="border:2px solid black;max-width:50%;" alt="Photo of Milford Sound in New Zealand!" />
    </a>

A simple image html. It's probably just wix destroying my life, but I wanted to be sure. I've tried target=_blank, and target =_self. Both of which are the 2 extremes. first opens a new tab, second opens the new page in the box it's contained and not the entire tab itself. I just want the current tab to be changed.

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It sounds like that wix widget is an iframe on the page. Can you provide the URL so we can see the source code?

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Thanks for the help.

Did you follow the instructions here:

http://www.wix.com/support/main/flash/wix-editor/html-widgets/general-instructions

It's blank when I click the link you provide.

I think JorgeM is correct regarding about wix widget is an iframe.

I just want the current tab to be changed.

I'm not sure it's good idea to open an iframe within a iframe? I don't see that often.

You can try this:

http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/HTMLGuide/iframes3.htm

Edited by LastMitch because: grammer
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Yea I figured it worked as an Iframe. Oh well. Thanks for the help guys!

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