Dan Rossiter

Hi Krzysztof,

If you don’t generally write PHP in your site development, then the best solution is probably the Code Snippets plugin. I’ve actually never used it, but it has good reviews and will allow you to insert arbitrary PHP like the above.

Be sure to update the “NEW URL HERE” text before posting.

-Dan

Hi dainwatya,

Yes, Bjarne and I spent some more time looking at issues he was seeing and thanks to his help we’ve identified a general issue that is causing this in 4.6 installs. There will be a new version pushed out today with this fix 🙂

-Dan

Hi Krzysztof,

You’re not the first one to ask for this functionality and it’s near the top of the list of things to do, but as of now it is not yet supported.

This functionality could be achieved with a bit of custom code using the built-in DG filters like so:

function dg_icon_template($icon, $use_descriptions, $id) {
	return str_replace('%link%', 'NEW URL HERE', $icon);
}
add_filter( 'dg_icon_template', 'dg_icon_template', 10, 3 );

reason8,

On the off chance you’re still subscribed to this thread, I’d love to know whether this is still causing problems for you with the latest DG version.

I’ve been working with Bjarne and we’ve narrowed the issue down to an incompatibility with a plugin used on his site that changes the backend visual editor. Assuming this is not an issue for your setup, I’d like to know if there is another issue floating around we should be aware of.

-Dan

Interesting. And you are confirming that this is with the 4.2.4 update? Those are definitely the same symptoms as an issue addressed in 4.2.4, but maybe it’s a different cause.

What browser are you in? If you hit F12 (this should open the browser debug dialog), then reload the page, are any errors logged in the console?

-Dan

Hi jokerpl,

It is possible, however DG does not currently support such a configuration. Forcing a download rather than a navigate could be achieved by using the anchor download attribute, however this is not scheduled to be implemented in the short term.

-Dan

Hi mcracco,

I’m sorry for the delayed response. My paying job has been hectic lately!

Glad you got the first half of your question resolved 🙂 For the second part, when you say it “spins,” what does that mean? Nothing in DG “spins” so I’m wondering if some other plugin is doing something it shouldn’t? If you can point me to a gallery where the issue is present I can give a better answer.

-Dan

Hi Bjarne,

Thanks for the reminder. It has not. I’ll plan to try and get that done this weekend.

Looking at the high level changes listed out, there are a few things that may end up being relevant to DG.

I’ll update this post once the tests have been done.

-Dan