Making a link open in a new tab or window

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  1. sleepylog profile image61
    sleepylogposted 12 years ago

    Hello everyone. I'm just wondering if there is a way to make a link in your hubs open in a new tab or window so that readers aren't taken away from your hub when they click on it. It's important to keep readers reading as long as possible, but we aren't helped when they are directed to another website or hub when they click on a link. Is there any way around this?

    1. dwachira profile image83
      dwachiraposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi,
      I am sorry HP does not have such option, neither does it allow adding of custom HTML such as:

      <a href="http://hubURL" target="_blank">anchor text</a>

      So, we'll just make use of what is available for now.

    2. Atz profile image70
      Atzposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      http://s4.hubimg.com/u/7568871_f248.jpg

      click on the html option in the capsule, then use target="_blank" in anchor tag

      eg: <a href="your link" target="_blank" > word here </a>

      smile

      1. dwachira profile image83
        dwachiraposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Opps! i missed that, sorry!

        1. Atz profile image70
          Atzposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          c'mon even i didn't notice that till last week

      2. sleepylog profile image61
        sleepylogposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        It works!! Thank you so much for your help!

        1. Atz profile image70
          Atzposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          you are most welcome smile

  2. ngureco profile image78
    ngurecoposted 12 years ago

    Alternatively, insert the link into your text using MS Word and then copy and paste the text into your text capsule.

  3. relache profile image67
    relacheposted 12 years ago

    People's browser settings will override any coding in the pages they are viewing so if the reader doesn't want to view something the way you want them to, it doesn't matter what you try and do.

  4. DzyMsLizzy profile image78
    DzyMsLizzyposted 12 years ago

    HP used to have an option to select "open in new tab/window" when setting up a link...but they took it away from us. Boo, hiss!

    I don't mess with html coding--it's too confusing for me, and too easy to mess up so nothing else works either, let alone your link.

 
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