Open image link in new tab

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  tauposeniornet · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 3:39 am

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  Hi,
  I have a couple of images in my sidebar which link to different sites. How do I get them to open in a new tab instead of same page?
  Can someone help please?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 4:02 am

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  Instead of this:
  <a href="URL HERE">ANCHOR TEXT HERE</a>

  you type:
  <a href="URL HERE" target="_blank">ANCHOR TEXT HERE</a>

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  tauposeniornet · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 4:33 am

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  Thanks timethief, but where do I type it in?
  Sorry, just learning all this stuff.

  Cheers

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm

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  You have used Image widgets for your linking images. Those can’t be made to open in a new window or tab. You need Text widgets instead – that’s where you paste codes such the ones timethief suggested. See here:

  Codes useful for text widgets

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  tauposeniornet · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 7:59 pm

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  Hi panaghiotisadam,
  Thank you for your reply. My text links work fine opening in new tabs, but if the images cannot do that, well I guess thats just the way it will have to be.

  Cheers.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 8:31 pm

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  Sorry if I wasn’t clear: image links cannot open in new tabs if you use image widgets, but they can if you use text widgets instead.