WordPress.com Forums » Topic: URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab WordPress.com Forums » Topic: URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab en Sat, 25 May 2013 16:23:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 justpi on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866759 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:43:27 +0000 justpi 866759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/codes-useful-for-text-widgets/

]]> timethief on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866569 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:30:30 +0000 timethief 866569@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As the image widget does not provide the option of setting links to open in new windows then you can use a text widgets and insert the code into it.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/

Images
You upload the image, click File URL, insert it, then click on the image (in the visual editor), click on the edit button (mountain icon), click “Advanced Settings”, scroll down to “Target”, tick “Open link in a new window”, click Update, click Update Post.
Or, you upload the image, click File URL, insert it, then in the html editor add this to the image code (after href… etc… jpg, with a space before it):
target=”_blank”

]]> highwaydreams on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866567 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:25:32 +0000 highwaydreams 866567@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ hi
http://www.highwaydreams.wordpress.com/

sorry, i thought i selected it

]]> timethief on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866561 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:19:49 +0000 timethief 866561@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ edit: I searched

]]> timethief on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866557 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:19:08 +0000 timethief 866557@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no blog linked to your username but UI serahed and found this URL http://highwaydreams.wordpress.com/our-photo-album/ Is it the blog in question?

]]> highwaydreams on "URL link in the image widget- need it to open in a new window or tab" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/url-link-in-the-image-widget-need-it-to-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab#post-866553 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:16:41 +0000 highwaydreams 866553@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi
I have some image widgets on my blog in the sidebar. I also have a URL link for each image to direct the browser to open the specified external website when they are clicked. HOWEVER, i want a new window or tab to open to display the linked URL. At the moment, when you click one of the images it navigates away from my page completely and opens the link.
There doesnt seem to be a tick-box option nor does the URL box accept HTML.

Any help?

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