Help with links

[technodragon73]

I know this should be for the SMF forum...but I have not yet received any reply, and seeing as how the good people of this forum are quick to help I thought I would try asking here.

My problem is that when anyone clicks a link in the forum it opens in the same page.  How or what setting needs to be changed in order for links in the forum to open in a new window?

[IchBin]

Add this to any of your links. target="_blank"
So for instance open the index.template.php file of the default theme. (mine is RC2)
Look for this code at the bottom:

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// Show the [home] button.
echo ($current_action=='home' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'home' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '">' , $txt[103] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'home' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';



Change it too this:

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// Show the [home] button.
echo ($current_action=='home' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'home' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '" target="_blank">' , $txt[103] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'home' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


[technodragon73]

no, what i mean is if your read a post in the forum...the link in the post opens in the same window rather than opening a new window

[IchBin]

I'm not sure if this is built in or not. I think this was added into the SMF 1.1 ....?? I'm not sure.

[technodragon73]

It is actually very frustrating...i can understand links that refer to other pages within the forum, but external links just end up taking members out of the site.