image widgets in new window

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  duij · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 9:33 pm

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  I would like for my image widgets to open in a new window. Currently, when clicked, they take the guest completely out of the website. I do not see a simple solution to fixing this. Any help would be great!
  Blog url: http://danceuponinjusticeathens2012.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 9:46 pm

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  @duij
  There is no option provided in the image widget to make it open in a new window. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/image-widget/

  You will have to use a text widget. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/ If you are not skilled at coding then you can create a draft post and create the link in it. Switch to the HTML editor, copy the code and paste it into a text widget. Then delete the draft post.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/#visual-editor-links
  In the html editor (as well as in text widgets), instead of this:
  <a href="URL HERE">TEXT HERE</a>
  you write this:
  <a href="URL HERE" target="_blank">TEXT HERE</a>

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  duij · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 9:57 pm

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  @timethief

  Thanks! I appreciate the advice!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2012 at 10:03 pm

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  @duij
  You are welcome and of course text widgets are displayed in sidebars.