I've read through everything, and I'm absolutely sure you explained everything perfectly and the problem lies within my understanding of it all.
I do not use IE as my internet thing-a-ma-jig, I use Safari, so I do see those white squares that you had talked about. My problem however is getting them to vanish. I saw your suggestions about using blank urls, and for some reason, despite how simple and clear that suggestion is...I can't get it to work.
As stupid as this is, what do you mean exactly by blank urls? Do you mean not using a URL at all, or simply a URL that doesn't lead to anything? x.x' Or is it something entirely different. I'm sorry to be such a bother. I've understood everything so far, but this is evading solution.