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Open Links in new Windows???

uziuzi
edited January 2008 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
How to make the links be opened in the new window? CSS???
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  • BergamotBergamot
    I *know* we've had this exact discussion here.
  • ithcyithcy New
    which links?
  • bjrnbjrn
    http://lussumo.com/community/discussion/2105/
  • lechlech ✭
    Bergamot, are we in the twilight zone?
  • uziuzi
    edited June 2006
    yeah ok, guys.... but ctrl-click is not the solution....

    how to make this javascript thing in vanilla?


    I think this option should be "user editable" in vanilla settings to let the admin decide how to make it on his forum ;)
  • bjrnbjrn
    edited June 2006
    /me points to the discussion linked to.
    It contains two possible Javascript solutions. here and here.

    If you want it user editable, an extension would be the way to go! :D
  • uziuzi
    It is probably the way, but I am not able even to write a couple of code... so, waiting for anyone making it, is the only solution for me :(
  • DinoboffDinoboff
    which links do you want to be opened in a new windows?

    If it is the links in the comments, the Extended Text Formatter already do that I think.
    function AutoLink($String) { $String = str_replace(array(""","&"),array('"','&'),$String); $String = preg_replace( "/ (?<!<a href=\") (?<!\")(?<!\">) ((https?|ftp):\/\/) ([\@a-z0-9\x21\x23-\x27\x2a-\x2e\x3a\x3b\/;\x3f-\x7a\x7e\x3d]+) /msxi", "<a href=\"$0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$0</a>", $String); return $String; }
  • uziuzi
    I have Extended Text Formatter 1.0 activated, but it replaces only the web-adresses through a link... it doesn't open it in a new window. I use also the bbcode and bbcode-buttons extenions, is there a possibility to make it there?
  • blizeHblizeH ✭✭
    You do realise how bad an idea this is, right?
  • uziuzi
    why bad?
  • blizeHblizeH ✭✭
    Ahh, ignore me, I was fresh out of reading Jakob Nielson's twenty page rant on why opening links in new windows is /very/ bad! ;-)
  • uziuzi
    aha! I know the problem ;))))))))))))))))))))))))
  • InkyInky
    edited July 2006
    I made an extension for this, since people on my forum were begging for popup windows.

    > Window Links
  • lamentlament ✭
    edited July 2006
    i prefer to have control over how I open my links (middle mouse click opens a link in a new tab in Firefox, thank you), and hate when sites/forums force a link to open in a new window.
  • garymardellgarymardell ✭
    thing is i set on firefox for all thngs that should open new window to be forced into new tab
  • InkyInky
    Wow, thanks Immersion - I didn't know you could do that! That's going to save me a lot of frustration in future.

    By the way, that extension lets users choose whether or not they want links to open in a window.
  • jimmiejojimmiejo
    Our Vanilla installation is based in an iframe (I know, I know), and we have to have user posted links open in a new window. How can we do this and where do we apply the code? The new window extension does not work for us whatsoever for some reason.
  • InkyInky
    edited July 2006
    Are these links to other sites, or links to other parts of your own site? The extension only opens external links in a new window. If you want it to open all user posted links in new windows, this might work:

    Open functions.js and look for the following line:
    if (fileLink.href.match(/^(http|https)/) && (fileLink.href.indexOf(location.hostname) == -1)) {

    and replace it with this:
    if (fileLink.href.match(/^(http|https)/)) {

    Hope that helps!
  • wh0rdwh0rd
    Ink, thank you! The extension works without the fix. I guess he forgot to check "Open external links in a new window" in the user Forum Preferences

    I have one question, is there any way to enable it by default instead of having the users individually enabling it?
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