Open link in content in a new window?

[Dawn]

Hi,

I wanted to ask here if is possible to open a new window when a user click on a link in a blogpost...? And if yes, how can that be done...?

Greets and best regards,
Dawn

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Usually this is a decision made by the browser. Your webpage should not instruct that.

You would need to put "target='_blank'" in all of your <a> links that you want to open in a new link.

Best regards,
Garvin

[Dawn]

Hi Garvin,

You've allways VERY FAST I know that I can use "_blank" in the <a> tag to open it in a new window. But can I do that automaticly for links in blog-posts? I don't want to get my visitors away if they click on a link. So it would be nice if that can be done in the theme. But I don't know if that's possible...

Greets,
Dawn

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

No, you cannot do that. This is because we firmly believe in the concept that a browser has to decide how to open links. If you want to override that you would need to manually add that attribute to the tag, or you will need to write a plugin that rewrites all <a> tags to <a href>, maybe you can even use the 'content rewrite' plugin for that?

But again: Believe in your visitors. Give them the power to decide themselves hwo they open a link.

Regards,
Garvin

[Dawn]

Ok, I can live with that. I think in some situations it would be nice to open new windows (links to wikipedia for example or other news) but it isn't very important.

Thanks for your fast answer

Greets,
Andy