link target = blank

i am also looking for a solution to this.

Hi Guys,

I think I have a solution here.(if you're still looking for one

In fck_link.html, search for the following code: <select id="cmbTarget"
within this selector, change the line: <option value="_blank" fckLang="DlgLnkTargetBlank">New Window (_blank)</option> to read:

<option value="_blank" fckLang="DlgLnkTargetBlank" selected="selected">New Window (_blank)</option>

next, look for the line: <input id="txtTargetFrame" style="WIDTH: 100%" type="text" onkeyup="OnTargetNameChange();" onchange="OnTargetNameChange();" />

and change it to: <input id="txtTargetFrame" style="WIDTH: 100%" type="text" value="_blank" onkeyup="OnTargetNameChange();" onchange="OnTargetNameChange();" />

This does still allow end-users to change the link target, but if they don't select anything, default will be _blank. I've just made this change myself and it works for me.
allthough I have not properly tested it with all possible browsers, I'm quite sure it will be ok since you only change some defaults within a form, no big risks there

hope this helps

I forgot to mention something in my previous post:

when you edit the line: <option value="_blank"
don't forget to remove the selected="selected" from the line:

<option value="" fckLang="DlgGenNotSet">&lt;not set&gt etc.....

cheers

Nice solution wvdmarel! It didn't dawn on me to add the value attribute to the txtTargetFrame input.

There really should be a config option for this. I'd put it right below the tab hide flag like so:

FCKConfig.LinkDlgHideTarget = true;
FCKConfig.LinkDlgDefaultTarget = '_blank';

Works in Firefox 1.5 and IE 7 on WinXP.

just to be clear, the "FCKConfig.LinkDlgDefaultTarget = '_blank';" is a SUGGESTION, NOT an actual config option.

If your displaying the data with php you could do this when displaying the data on the page.

Something like:

<?php
//$story holds the FCK data in this example

//set up a link pattern to look for
$pattern = '/\s*<a href="([^"]*)">/sUm';

//add the target stuff
$replacement = '<a href="${1}" target="_blank">';

//swap 'em
$story = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $story);

//show the FCK data
echo $story
?>

This works for me, but I'm trying to come up with a way of adding "_blank" to all outbound links but not to any internal site links.

OK

I cobbled this together from an old script I found on Sitepoint and have been using for ages (http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149232)

There's probably a much easier way of doing this but I just needed a solution quickly.

Hopefully it will work for you

<?php

//function to convert outbound links to open in target="_blank" and leave local links alone.
//Name: "make_clickable()" Takes content as a string and creates hyperlinks where appropriate:
//Arg1: '$str' the test string to be 'made clickable'
//Arg2: '$len' the max length the string

function make_clickable($str,$len=100)
{
$str = preg_replace("#((?:www\.[\w-]+\.[\w-]+?\S*?)|(?:[a-z]{3,6}://\S+?))(?=[^a-z0-9/]*?(?:[\s>\][]|$))#ei", "create_link('$1', $len)", $str);
 return $str;
}

function create_link($url,$len)
{
 // these 2 lines fix any apostrophes that get
 // messed up by being passed to the function
echo "<hr />url 1: ".$url."<hr />";
 $url = str_replace("\'", "'", $url);
 echo "<hr />url 2: ".$url."<hr />";
 $suf = '';

 $html_url = $url;
 $url_display = $url;
 if(strlen($url_display)>$len)
 {
  $url_display=substr($url_display,0,$len)."...";
 }
 if(!preg_match("#^[a-z]{3,6}://#i", $html_url)) 
 { 
  $html_url = "<a href="http://$url" target="_blank">http://$url</a>";
 }
 // If $url contains "this site" open in current window, otherwise open in new window:
echo "<hr />url 3: ".$url."<hr />";
 if(preg_match("#staff#",$url))
 {
  $target = "target='_top'";
}
 else
 {
  $target = "target='_blank'"; 
 }
return "$url\" $target";
}

////////thats the function out of the way. either stick it at the top of your page or included it in  your displaying php page.

//$story holds the FCK data in this example  

$story = stripslashes($story);
$story = make_clickable($story,$len=100);

echo $story;
echo "<hr >Yeah elgumbo, it worked! Look at my lovely links!!<hr />";
?>