React Theme – External Links

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  wiredcosmos · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 4:05 pm

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  Is there some CSS code I can put that will automatically open external links in new windows (ie Blogroll links, menu links, etc.)? If not, how can I make this happen?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 4:33 pm

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  You cannot alter the links that are displayed in widgets. You can use the link model wherever you insert the link yourself for example in a post or page. In that case you will find that the popu- box for creating links offers that alternative which you can checkmark.

  How to set links to open in a new window

  Blogroll
  Dashboard > Links > Edit / Add new >
  Advanced settings > Target (check the blank option)

  Posts and Pages (using the link button to create them)
  Select “Open link in a new window” from the dropdown before inserting the link. You can also go back and edit old links and check the “Open link in a new window” checkbox and then re-save the link.

  Images
  You upload the image, click File URL, insert it, then click on the image (in the visual editor), click on the edit button (mountain icon), click “Advanced Settings”, scroll down to “Target”, tick “Open link in a new window”, click Update, click Update Post.

  Or, you upload the image, click File URL, insert it, then in the html editor add this to the image code (after href… etc… jpg, with a space before it):

  target=”_blank”

  With the advent of CSS3, you can also make links open in new tabs in browsers that support CSS3 using the following code:target=”new”
  style=”target-name: new; target-new:
  tab;”

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  timethief · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 4:38 pm

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  Also note that React is a premium theme and we Volunteers answering questions on this forum have no knowledge of how they are designed to operate. When you purchased your premium theme what came with that purchase was support directly from the theme designer in the Premium Theme Support Forum. There is a link for the specific Premium Theme support forum under Appearance -> Themes in your blog’s Dashboard so if and when you need theme related help that’s wehere you post to get it.

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  wiredcosmos · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 4:42 pm

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  Awesome thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 11:11 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes. :)