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1. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Hi,
   I have quite a few links and they are all set up to open in a new window. However the first link clicked opens a new window and any others use the same new window. How can I get them to open individual windows?
   TIA
   Phillip

2. prara
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Does this work: NameOfMySite

3. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Yes, if i put the html code in the page directly each link opens in a individual window.

4. prara
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   So that is what you want, right?

5. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   OK, problem solved. After prara posted the code point it got me thinking about the code in MySQl db. I actually imported all my links directly into the table but instead of putting "_blank" I put "blank". DOH! At least I've leanrt the difference now. All I need to do is convert all 244 links to "_blank" now. Anybody know an easy way besides reimporting the data?

6. shadow
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Here Phillip - a shield - an emergency medical kit - and oh yes - you will need these happy pills - I somehow think you have tough times ahead :) Ouch!

7. MattRead
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   You could make a javascript like this one:
   function externalLinks() {
   if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
   var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
   for (var i=0; i
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
   anchor.getAttribute("target") == "blank")
   anchor.target = "_blank";
   }
   }
   window.onload = externalLinks;

8. Beel
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Just do an update of wp_links:
   UPDATE wp_links SET link_target = REPLACE ( link_target,
   'blank',
   '_blank' );

9. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   MattRead: Thanks for the code but I decided to replace the data because I wanted to make a few other changes.
   Beel: Also, thanks for the code but I had no idea how to run that code. ANyway I just emptied the table and loaded a text file.
   Thanks for the replies.

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