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i think it was much better to open posted links in a new window instead of the current.
and do this by default.
i saw a workaround here:
http://forum.arminvanbuuren.com/
i know it's really easy, only need to add a target="_blank" supplement to the a href tag.
there are lots of topics about this, basically
It is not valid xhtml strict to use target="_blank"
It is not desirable to force the user to open the link in a new window, if they want to open it in a new window, they can by middle or right click
there are lots of topics about this, basically
It is not valid xhtml strict to use target="_blank"
It is not desirable to force the user to open the link in a new window, if they want to open it in a new window, they can by middle or right click
ok it was just an example....
i think it is. a user who reads a thread usually dont want to leave the messages and then always go back to messages after finished browsing the site the link was pointing to.
and it is annoying to always right click - open link in new tab...
phpbb,vbulletin,ipb etc opens them in new window, punbb is the first one i met that opens them in the same window. couldn't i be right?
No 
It's not a matter of right and wrong, it has to do with giving the user choice. With PunBB's way the user has choice, whereas the other way the user doesn't 
Plus, as Connor also said, without javascript you would have invalid XHTML
And personally I don't think it's annoying to have to open a new window if you want one: I just hit Ctrl and then click to load a new tab
No
It's not a matter of right and wrong, it has to do with giving the user choice. With PunBB's way the user has choice, whereas the other way the user doesn't
Plus, as Connor also said, without javascript you would have invalid XHTML
And personally I don't think it's annoying to have to open a new window if you want one: I just hit Ctrl and then click to load a new tab
hmm.
what about a switch about this in the admin pane?
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=4135
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=11002
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10223
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8165
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=9167
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8051
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6355
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5740
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5591
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5560
As i said before, this has been dicussed alot of times. Maybe you should read through those threads.
phpbb,vbulletin,ipb etc opens them in new window, punbb is the first one i met that opens them in the same window. couldn't i be right?
It's one of the many qualities of PunBB. And one of the many defects of these others softwares.
No
It's not a matter of right and wrong, it has to do with giving the user choice. With PunBB's way the user has choice, whereas the other way the user doesn't
Plus, as Connor also said, without javascript you would have invalid XHTML
And personally I don't think it's annoying to have to open a new window if you want one: I just hit Ctrl and then click to load a new tab
As berVi said:
i think it is. a user who reads a thread usually dont want to leave the messages and then always go back to messages after finished browsing the site the link was pointing to.
and it is annoying to always right click - open link in new tab...
So, if it's a matter of choise, then most user useually wants most links to auto-open in a new win, and for those who don't they can just open the link then close the topic's win by r-c n' close! Wouldn't that be easier?
This way, less annoynes will face users!
berVi, instead of giving you a lecture I'll actually answer your question.
Its a very simple one line tweak.
Edit the file: include/parser.php
Find the handle_url_tag function
change the last line in this function from:
return '<a href="'.$full_url.'">'.$link.'</a>';
to
return '<a href="'.$full_url.'" target="_blank">'.$link.'</a>';
This may be frowned upon and not recommended but this is how you do it.
extension:
<id>show_links_blank</id>
<title>Show links in new window</title>
<version>1.1</version>
<description>Open all links from posts, signatures and user websites in new windows</description>
<author>YonasH</author>
also solves that problem
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