The "target" attribute in links is now only used for pages using framesets (reference), so how do you pop up a new browser window for links you want to have people navigate to without leaving your page?
Using the current W3 standard for anchor tags anchor tags can be given a rel
attribute that describes what relation the linked-to page has to this current page. It also provides a standard list of available relationships. Many other groups added to this list and there are many widely-used values for the rel
tag, including "external".
With this method, give links to be made popups a rel
attribute of "external", and include the following file in the head of the document.