[pmwiki-users] external links and overwriting default targets

Henrik henrik.bechmann at sympatico.ca
Wed Mar 26 13:57:58 CDT 2008


Clemens,

I just have my authors put %newwin% in front of all external links:

%newwin%[[http://somewebsite.com|click here]]

That causes the link to open in a new window.

- Henrik

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:12:46PM +0100, Clemens Gruber wrote:
>   
>> In farmconfig a default blank target is defined
>>
>>     # open external links in new window
>>     $UrlLinkFmt = "<a class='external' href='\$LinkUrl' rel='nofollow'
>> target='_blank'>\$LinkText</a>";
>>
>>
>> Now I like to switch the target on some links, but this doesn't work:
>>
>>     %target=_self% [[http://www.engadget.com]].
>>
>>
>> There is still a "wrong" target specification in the html output:
>>
>>     <a class="external" href="http://www.engadget.com" rel="nofollow"
>> target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com</a>
>>
>>
>> What can I do?
>>     
>
> Not a whole lot, unfortunately.  Wikistyles aren't smart enough
> to replace an existing target= value (coming from $UrlLinkFmt)
> with a custom one.
>
> Pm
>
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