WordPress MU

i just upgraded from wpmu 1.0 to 1.2.3 and i realized that in "visual editor" the link with "open in a new window" is not working correctly.

the correct code (TARGET=_blank) is written as html source, but after saving the post the argeuments (title also) are removed automatically.

any ideas ?

just read here http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/changeset/1022
that <A ...
does not allow a TARGET as argument
?!?

why ? it visual editor there is an option "open link in new window" or the same ?!

what append ?

i put "TARGET" as an possible match into wp-include/kses.php to solve this problem.....
..

but why did you remove TARGET ? i think opening a website in an new window is sometimes a good thing :)

Has there been a solution for this problem? It seems like a fairly major issue to not be able to open links in new windows. I appreciate any help here.

You can fix it on your install by opening wp-include/kses.php and adding 'target'=>array(), to the code like below...it's near the top of the file.

'a' => array(
'href' => array(), 'title' => array(),
'rel' => array(), 'rev' => array(),
'name' => array(),'target'=>array(),
),

Steve

Maybe here is the answer

"HTML 4.01 deprecated the target attribute which could be used with links so they would open in a new window"

http://www.texastar.com/tips/2004/target_blank.shtml

It's 2004 but it's news to me. Strange as usually that bit passes the w3.org validation.

what do we have to do if we want to open a link in a new window, then?

Right click on the link. Choose "open in new window".

That's not a solution at all, andrea_r ¬¬ but maybe I should reformulate my question:

What do we have to do if we want to open a link in a new window with just one left click, just as we used to use "target=_blank" tag?

up a few replies, ekusteve has already given the answer.

thanks Andrea_r,

But I thought that's not a solution, because it seems that it has been deprecated... Isn't there any other equivalent to it?

I have, however, edited /wp-includes/kses.php file, with this content:

$allowedtags = array(
'a' => array(
'href' => array(), 'title' => array(),
'rel' => array(), 'rev' => array(),
'name' => array(),'target'=>array(),
),

I have uploaded the file to my server, but when I add the "target" value, and edit again, I realize that it has been ignored and the link doesn't open in a new window.

Did I do something wrong?

Thanks

I have created a webpage with only a link with target='_blank' value and it is W3C valid. I assume the cause of the error is something else? what can it be? and more important: How can I solve it? I really need to open certain links in new windows...

I think it's silly how target is "deprecated", yet there's no alternative. How are sites using frames supposed to work? How are we supposed to open links in new windows? Sure you can do it with JavaScript, but this is HTML!

The target attribute is valid HTML 4.01 Transitional since Transitional includes deprecated elements. It is not valid HTML 4.01 Strict.

Some users have complained about this so I'll try out ekusteve's code change on my installation.

To be honest, i agree. But the filtering is only happening during blog post operations. This only affects a blog writer's ability to allow their links to open in a new window.

This only affects a blog writer's ability to allow their links to open in a new window

But that's the aim of a blog, right? If I am using a blog I may not be an html genius and I may want to link other sites. What am I to do with it? And most important... if I don't know html it's even more likely that I won't know javascript...

Isn't there any real solution to this?