Q. How do I properly annotate a link that leaves the Naval Academy?
A. When leaving USNA WWW Pages, you need to alert the user that they are leaving USNA and are going "off-site". In addition, there are times that we want to display a disclaimer. The following HTML construct will assist you:
<a href="/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl?url=http://www.navysports.com">
Navy's New Official Athletic Home Page</a>
If you are not on the main USNA WWW Server, Webster, then you can take advantage of this service by using:
<a href="http://www.usna.edu/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl?url=http://www.navysports.com">
Navy's New Official Athletic Home Page</a>
If the URL you are linking to contains ampersand (&) characters, you must replace them with the string '%26' (omit quotes). For example, a link to
...url=http://somesite.com?moon=blue&cheese=greenmust be rewritten as
...url=http://somesite.com?moon=blue%26cheese=greenSimilarly, any pound or number sign (#) characters must be replaced with %23,
If you have a page of links to support your courses, you can use the following:
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Here is the html to create the above boxed text :
<P>
<TABLE cellspacing=1 cellspacing=1 border=0> <!-- outline box -->
<TR><TD bgcolor="FFD700">
<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=10 border=0 width=400>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign=top>
<font size=2 face="arial" color="#00008B">
The following links are to sites that are not located at the
United States Naval Academy. USNA is not responsible for the
content found on these sites. In addition, the content of these
sites does not reflect the opinions, standards, policy or
endorsement of the Naval Academy or the United States Government.
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD></TR></TABLE> <!-- end of table outline -->
Note: Please see the FAQ entitled
What sites may I link to that are external to the Naval Academy? for
more information about linking to external sites.
