Modifying links in posts

observatoriumwatcher · Member · May 27, 2011 at 4:16 am
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I just got started (today, in fact – came over from Blogger) and I had a question concerning links within posts. I know WP has an ‘automatic’ link-creating button, but I tried modifying the link so that it would open the link in a new tab without having to do a CTRL-mouseclick.

This is the html I used: LinkTitle. When I hit ‘Publish’, the Edit screen shows me the link was changed to Linktitle, and the link is completely gone. If I DON’T add the ‘target=”_blank” part, the link holds and works on my page.

Doesn’t WP support that kind of html?

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auxclass · Member · May 27, 2011 at 4:22 am
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Try checking the the box that says “open in a new tab or window” when you create a link.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/

The support documents are your friend.
timethief · Member · May 27, 2011 at 4:24 am
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As you have imported content from Blogger please enable this > Go to Settings > Writing and select “ ___ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” and then scroll down and click “Save Changes.”
observatoriumwatcher · Member · May 27, 2011 at 4:40 am
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Aux – thanks; that little ‘open in new tab’ box works wonders.
auxclass · Member · May 27, 2011 at 4:55 am
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And much easier than the html target blanks stuff

You be welcome & good luck
timethief · Member · May 27, 2011 at 5:12 am
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Blogger runs on deprecated code. Please be sure you do what I said here. > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/modifying-links-in-posts?replies=5#post-613282
observatoriumwatcher · Member · May 27, 2011 at 5:13 am
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Oops, forgot to say I did. My apologies, and thanks for the info.
timethief · Member · May 27, 2011 at 5:15 am
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Good to hear. Have a good night. :)

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