Forcing external links to open in a new window

[gridsix]

Anyone know of a way to make all external links on a given site open in a new window? Maybe via css, or the htaccess file?

Thanks much!

[impius]

http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/link...amsupp_72.html

This is pretty simple...

[gridsix]

And that code will automatically replace all external links? It looks like I have to edit each link individually...

[impius]

Ohhhhhh...didnt catch that...I dont think that is possible...would be nice though

[gridsix]

Sorry for leaving that detail out...

You sure? seems like a lot of scripts have that built in...

[impius]

I am not positive...but typically you have to call a script from within the link.

I would definetly be interested if someone had a way.

[Boogle]

You could use Javascript to iterate through all the <a href's></a> within the page when it loads. If they are an external link then add the attribute, 'target="_Blank"

Boog's

[gridsix]

Got an example of the code?

[nasty.web]

New-Window Links in a Standards-Compliant World

[Boogle]

good find, Nasty that's just about what i was thinking, i think that method's better than the one i would have used though!

Boog's

[gridsix]

That article states that i need to edit every link on the site; am i missing something?

THanks.

[nasty.web]

Originally Posted by gridsix

That article states that i need to edit every link on the site; am i missing something?

THanks.

Not neccesarily so. You can change externalLinks function to check href attributes, for example:

function externalLinks() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       (anchor.getAttribute("href").indexOf("http://www.yourdomain.com") == -1)) //
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}