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OK try this <br />
<br />
Main page:<br />
&lt;html&gt;<br />
&lt;head&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
&lt;/head&gt;<br />
&lt;body&gt;<br />
&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:var oWin=window.open('pop.html<wbr />','thePop'<wbr />)&quot;&gt;pop it&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/body&gt;<br />
&lt;/html&gt;<br />
<br />
pop.html:<br />
<br />
&lt;html&gt;<br />
&lt;head&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;script&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; onunload=function() {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if (window.opener) window.opener.location='<a href="http:\/\/www.experts-exchange.com'" rel="ugc nofollow">http:\/\/www.experts-exchange.com'</a><br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; } &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/script&gt;<br />
&lt;/head&gt;<br />
&lt;body&gt;<br />
&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:window.cl<wbr />ose()&quot;&gt;clo<wbr />se&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/body&gt;<br />
&lt;/html&gt;<br />
<br />
ciao<br />
Y<br />

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OK try this

Main page:
<html>
<head>
     <title></title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript:var oWin=window.open('pop.html','thePop')">pop it</a>
</body>
</html>

pop.html:

<html>
<head>
     <title></title>
    <script>
    onunload=function() {
        if (window.opener) window.opener.location='http:\/\/www.experts-exchange.com' [http:\/\/www.experts-exchange.com']
    }  
    </script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript:window.close()">close</a>
</body>
</html>

ciao
Y


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I have a popup with a link on it. I need the popup to close when the link is activated and the new page to open in the parent window. It must be easier than it seems.
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I have a popup with a link on it. I need the popup to close when the link is activated and the new page to open in the parent window. It must be easier than it seems.

popup

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.