July 15, 2008

How to make external links in linklist widget open in a new window ?

Do you have exchange links with your friend's blog? I'm sure that some of us have a blogroll in sidebar. So how to make these links open in new windows? Follow these steps:

Step 1: Sign in your Blogger account, click Layout tab | Edit HTML, check Expand Widget Templates, scroll down and find your link list. You may also can find it by searching LinkList keyword.





Step 2: Now you put the colored code in this way and save your template:

<b:widget id='LinkList1' locked='false' title='Other blogs' type='LinkList'>
<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:title'><h2><data:title/></h2></b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:links' var='link'>
<li><a expr:href='data:link.target' target='_blank'><data:link.name/></a></li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>


In the case of external links in posts, you could view this tip.
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18 comments:

  1. he..he.. this tip is used for classic template only, isn't it? You can use link list by opening a page element in Layout to add links without editing your template.
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  2. @Thang, this tip is used for new blogger template. It makes an external link open in a new window only, having no affect on your link list data added in Layout.
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  4. @lauren, this tip works right. Try again!
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  5. Thanks this works well. If you want only 1 new window for all links to open in, you can set target='new'
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  7. OK. How do you make a double underline under id? I've tried it without the double underline and it doesn't work, so it must need one.
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  8. Great! this thing really works! Thank you very much!
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  9. What am I doing wrong? I tried it and I get this error message:

    Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
    XML error message: Element type "a" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".
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  10. Ok, I just realized my mistake. It is CRUCIAL that you include the space before target='_blank'
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  12. Works beautifully. So simple, yet so overlooked (on my part). You rock!
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  13. Is there any way to make this work just for post/body links... I only want my blog posts to do this seeing I have so many external links.
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  16. Thanks a lot it is a good guide, now to make external links in linklist widget open in a new win? is simple utilizing your tips. Thanks
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