Opening links in new window

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  angelishka · Member · May 4, 2013 at 5:27 pm

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  I want the links on my blogs to open in a new window, but can’t find the admin menu to customise this. Help!

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  kraftbj · Staff · May 9, 2013 at 12:59 am

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  Hi,

  Sorry for the delay in responding to your post. When adding a link, be sure to click the “Open in a new tab/window” checkbox.

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

  There isn’t a way to universally set links to open in a new window; it would need to be done when placing the links into your content.

  Cheers!

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  timethief · Member · May 9, 2013 at 1:26 am

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  There is no option to click that changes this throughout your blog.

  If you I want to to create links that open in a new window instead of clicking them resulting in vistors them leaving the blog and redirecting them to the linked page see http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/#visual-editor-links

  In the HTML (text) 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>

  For more see:
  Links in pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/
  Text Widget Links http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/

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  timethief · Member · May 9, 2013 at 1:27 am

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  @kraftbj
  Good answer. Hope I helped to cover the whole spectrum.

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  kraftbj · Staff · May 9, 2013 at 1:35 am

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  @timethief – Clarification/further information is good. I’m going back to no-reply posts from about a week ago and moving to present.

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  timethief · Member · May 9, 2013 at 1:43 am

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  @kraftbj
  Good on you. :) I am not well and need a break so I’m taking one.