Stephen Walsh wrote:
I know this is a bit of an old thread... but found it useful and hopefully someone who searches later will be able to use this:
hey, if you are like our organization, we have many users who are not going to type that in each time they have to open a link in a new window... they will either forget, type it wrong, etc as they are not techy. For those who want a pretty easy way to do this and have access to your DNN installation... then open up the skin you are usoing ... and at the bottom put this block of code:
what this does is any EXTERNAL link it will add the target="_blank" into any links on your page ... and as well a class called externalLink so you can make a CSS entry and change stuff around. give it a shot.
I know this is an old post but hopefully someone answers. I have tried the above referenced solution. Two issues found with it though.
1. While this does cause links in the navigation menu to open in a new window, if you have a Links Module on a page that is in "Menu Mode", the navigation links now showing in your Links Module that should open in a new window as well in fact do not.
2. After implementing the above referenced solution, everytime I opened a module for editing, when I clicked Cancel or Update I got an IE error basically stating it couldn't find the page. From what I can tell, the above fix also inadvertantly messed up the postback links on the modules.
Any thoughts or fixes on these issues? I really need something that will allow external links to be opened in a new window whether they are in the main navigation window or in a Links Module that is in "Menu Mode". Thanks in advance for any assistance.