Banners Not Allowing The Back Button - Naughty!

[Elaine]

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Just updating my girls bikes page and thought I'd give Halfords a chance to see how they work, so for the time being I simply placed tower banner down the right hand side - and, as always, tested it to make sure it was working properly.

Everything seemed fine until I clicked the back button to return to my site, and the darn thing wouldn't budge - this is one of my pet hates - so I won't be using Halfords any time soon.

Not noticed this before, do other merchants do this?

[pandadragon]

You could always use open in new window? as another option.

[Elaine]

open in new window - yep that's what I usually do, so wouldn't know if this is a regular occurence or not.

[pandadragon]

Seems strange there not letting you go back :-s, it really annoys me too when i cant go back on a site !

[Dean Murr]

If the click opens up in a new window or tab, obviously the option to go back is irrelevant.

However, due to the amount of redirects involved - sometimes clicking the back button once doesn't cut it. Try clicking the drop-down option on the back button or clicking a couple of times if you need to go back.

It may depend on the browser too.

Dean

[BBS-Dom]

so many sites do this with javascript redirects so that when you go back... you go back... then go forward again! bloody annoying if you ask me