XOOPS FAQ - Hacks and modifying code - How to make links with target=blank xhtml-strict?

When you want to make your XOOPS xhtml-strict you have to watch out for a few things that differ from xhtml-transitional. One of these things is that target=blank is not allowed in xhtml-strict. I know that making XOOPS xhtml-strict is ahead of time, since XOOPS struggles to be xhtml-transitional, but I wanted to let you know. Add this function between the head-tags of your theme:


<script type="text/javascript">

<!--

function externalLinks() {

 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;

 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {

   var anchor = anchors[i];

   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&

       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")

     anchor.target = "_blank";

 }

}

//-->

</script>

Also there must be an onload of this function inside the body-tag, like:


<body onload="externalLinks();">

Also class/module.textsanitizer.php must be changed. Look for


target="_blank"

and replace with


rel="external"

And this is the method how links that have to be opened in a new window must be written. Just add rel="external" to any link that has to open in a new window. I must confess that I don't know where the credits for the above snippet have to go to and how to place the function more elegant.

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