Can somebody help with this?

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Hi buddies. After trying hard, I really can´t figure out how this could be done:
I have some buttons on my web page which are links to other site. When a visitor passes the mouse over them (without clicking), it becomes visible the destination URL in the status bar. I know this is the most normal thing and happens with each link in the world...But, what I want is to totally disable this function, so nothing appears in the bar when passing over buttons. In other words, I want them to have no idea at all about where they will arrive unless they click a button. Somebody can help me? :confused:

P.S: framed redirect is not a solution in my case.

Thanks in advance!

Chris
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  • Profile picture of the author weaveronline
    Did you tried setting window.status='' using javascrtipt?
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Wright
    window.status = '' will not work in newer browsers as it has been disabled by default.

    Perhaps you can try this

    <a href="#" onClick="window.location.href = 'YOUR_HYPERLINK_ADDRESS';">Click here</a>
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    • Profile picture of the author chris casab
      Originally Posted by Frank Wright View Post

      window.status = '' will not work in newer browsers as it has been disabled by default.

      Perhaps you can try this

      <a href="#" onClick="window.location.href = 'YOUR_HYPERLINK_ADDRESS';">Click here</a>
      Hey Frank, your suggestion works. Not exactly showing a BLANK status bar(which was my first idea) , but showing the same exact URL in which the visitor is right now, instead of the URL where ge will go after clicking the link. So this is ok for my purpose of hiding the destination url of the link. I think you are right, all other onmouseover and javascript functions seem to be disabled (at least in my browser), since I´ve tried all of them with no results. Thanks my friend!!
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    • Profile picture of the author chris casab
      Thanks guys for all your help, but I think Frank is right, many function may be disables by default in some browsers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ricky Dawn
    Make the URL a tiny.cc URL then noone will know
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  • Profile picture of the author ProLogo
    How bout a redirect using .htaccess ?

    In your .htaccess

    redirect 301 /3-blind-mice htt p://whereyouwantthemtogo .com

    It will still show but will read htt p://yoursite.com/3-blind-mice

    Just a thought -
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