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Whats the best wordpress plugin to....

by Kym Robinson
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Hi Warriors!

Im wondering what is the best plugin to get links in my sidebar to open in a new page?

mainly for my product pages as I dont want people to leave the site (of course)

any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Thanks heaps - Kymmy
#plugin #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Kymmy

    When you create (or edit) links in your dashboard, simply scroll down to "Target" and check "_blank" and then save.

    No need for a plugin
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    • Profile picture of the author Kym Robinson
      Thanks PJ but I mean in the widgets I have some clickbank products available and I woould like them to open in a new page - actually - I would like every link on the site to open in a new page!

      I just had a look where you said and I could change my blogroll links from there but nothing else - thanks though, at least I have them done!

      any other idea's?

      Thanks - Kymmy
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      • Profile picture of the author Manuel Viloria
        Originally Posted by Kymmy Link View Post

        Thanks PJ but I mean in the widgets I have some clickbank products available and I woould like them to open in a new page - actually - I would like every link on the site to open in a new page!
        Hi! Please edit the header.php of your WordPress theme and
        place the following in the HEAD section:

        <base target="_blank" />

        That will make all your links open in a new window/page.

        (Unless the widget's code uses the target="_self" command,
        in which case the link will open in the same window from where
        it was clicked.)

        Kind regards,
        Manuel Viloria
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Ok Kymmy - that wasn't really clear from your OP

    The majority of links produced by widgets (such as CB ones etc) are hard coded into the actual plugin and you would need to edit the relevant plugin to add target="_blank" to the generated link.

    I don't know of a plugin which would cover all eventualities.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stefan Vee
    Hi Kymmy,
    This plugin opens all external links in a new window
    External Links Plugin for Wordpress: External Links Plugin For WordPress
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Originally Posted by Kymmy Link View Post

    mainly for my product pages as I dont want people to leave the site (of course)
    If you want to make sales and make money from affiliate advertising programs, let them go.

    If you want them to socialize on your site and you make less money as a result, keep them on your site.

    If you're selling your own product on your site, don't provide them any easy exits.
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  • Profile picture of the author nvs74191
    I remember Jeff Walters (Rapid Niche Websites) uses a redirect plugin in his RNW package.

    You could search in wordpress plugin directory for "redirect".

    Maybe it could give you something...
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  • Profile picture of the author Kym Robinson
    Thanks everyone - great info for me to try here - so - Im off to try!
    Kymmy
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  • Profile picture of the author UnseenRevolution
    I typically open all links not to my domain into a new window. I also like to style them so that people know that they are looking at an external link. For example, adding an external link icon to the external link.

    jQuery can take care of all the heavy lifting. It checks all the links on your page and adds the target='_blank' to each of the links that are not to your domain. It will also add a class to the link so that you can use CSS to style the external link.

    A tutorial and all the code is available from the link in my sig.

    Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author rowanman28
    I'm gonna look into that redirect plugin, cause apparently Google penalizes you a little for having affiliate links on your site. Maybe that would help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    You don't need a plugin as that is a waste of server resources when it can be done with a little addition of html code. Also no need to edit any wordpress files unless you want every link in your sidebar to be opened in a new tab/window.

    When you enter the link into the text widget it will typically look something like this: <a href="http://www.domainname.com/><img src="http://www.domainname.com/imagename.gif" width="width size" height="height size"></a>

    What you want to do is add the following: target="_blank" at the end of the url you are linking to, so it will look like this: <a href="http://www.domainname.com/ target="_blank" ><img src="http://www.domainname.com/imagename.gif" width="width size" height="height size"></a>

    That will tell the users browser to open the link in a new window or tab.
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