Comments on: jQuery: make all external link open in new window

By: Pavlicko

Pavlicko — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:02 +0000

That’s one way to do it, but did you know about the tag? Does the same thing without any scripting. here’s a link to a post I wrote about it or you can check it out for yourself on the w3c site.

http://tampaseo.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-amazing-power-of-the-base-tag/

By: alex

alex — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:17:20 +0000

The location.hostname part was useful! I forgot about that.

By: here is a easy fix

here is a easy fix — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:43:17 +0000

Ex: <a href=”google.com” rel=”nofollow”></a>

By: How to make plugin $.extLinks: Control the links | HieuUK

How to make plugin $.extLinks: Control the links | HieuUK — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:48:17 +0000

[...] wrote an article back in February about open external links in a new tab and I received a few emails regard of it. Open links in a new tab is quite controversial, as many [...]

By: admin

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:49:20 +0000

Hi, possible, I actually thought about that before. I will make one as soon as possible. It isn’t hard anyways.

By: Darren Taylor

Darren Taylor — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:03:40 +0000

Another great example I’ve been looking for, would it also be possible to expand on this and show how an external link icon could be attached so as to warn users the link will open in a new window?

By: hieuuk

hieuuk — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:27:07 +0000

Hi, thank Stephen for comment in my blog. That selector is also remove the internal links already so you don’t need an if statement.

By: Stephen Cronin

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:00:32 +0000

Nice – but it would be great if you extended this to remove target="_blank" from internal links, just in case they have them turned on. Shouldn’t be hard, just a simple if else statement, but I’m sure someone would find it useful.