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#1 2007-01-21 23:56:02

ande

Member

Registered: 2007-01-21

Posts: 25

Different link (a href) styles for internal and external links

Hi there,

when adding an internal link, everything works fine as it is now.

But when a user adds a link to an external homepage, e.g. beginning with http:// instead of just / or such, the following should be possible automagically (with a speacial form?):

- Include a link image before the link in order to make clear this will be a jump to another site.
- Include target=”_blank” in link.

I know, target=_“blank” is deprecated in XHTML or so but many of us need the functioning and it can be provided otherwise. target=”_blank” leaves “our” window open, so the visitor could automatically turn back to us when she read enough on the other site… it annoying if he has to get back manually..

#2 2007-01-22 20:27:29

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Different link (a href) styles for internal and external links

A plugin could do this.

#3 2007-01-22 21:05:32

ande

Member

Registered: 2007-01-21

Posts: 25

Re: Different link (a href) styles for internal and external links

Yes, thanks – I found a plugin who does this change for alle links inside the link, zem_prblock.

But – this is very hard to apply if you have the two kinds of links mixed on one page… my default case – thats why I’m asking.

The positive side of this featre is that there would be no need to change the syntax in Textile. A very fast logic could determine if the links begin with “http://” oder “something://” and then maybe apply another form (or a form at all!) as if it began without it. Now, I think, hyperlinks are not generated via a form.

#4 2007-01-22 23:33:53

Mary

Sock Enthusiast

Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Different link (a href) styles for internal and external links

What you want, then, is JavaScript.