How to Open Links in a New Window or Tab in Blogger
Here you will learn the tricks on how to open links in a new tab or window if you’re using Blogger, also known as Blogspot.
Recently, I made my new website using the Blogger platform. I bought my own domain using eNom, a company Google is associated with. Maybe you’re wondering why I chose Blogger instead of Wordpress. I’ve been using Blogger for two years now and I’m comfy with its easy drag and drop widgets from its page elements and design interface. I know enough editing its HTML as well. The easy Blogspot platform is a girl thing. Like an iPhone LOL As from SEO, it’s friendly enough to be indexed quickly especially after my domain is live. The plugins in Wordpress are great but you have to learn which is which and which must is. In Blogger, all things like widgets are there. Why do I have a feeling, I must make a separate hub comparing Blogger and Wordpress now? I definitely will after this.
Ok so when I read articles online and surf everywhere, I open links in a new tab all the time. Maybe I’m used to it but some people are lazy to do that or maybe they just prefer clicking the return button when they want to be back on the original page. Using the Blogger platform, there’s no feature there that will let your links open in a new window or tabs. Here in Hubpages, we have that. And I enable that in the link capsule. Who would want your readers to leave your page sooner, right? If you’re using Blogger like me, don’t you worry. There’s a trick on how to make your links open in a new window / tab. I explained the easiest way below.
Open Links in a New Tab or Window using the New Blogger
New Blogger interface now allows its users to open links in a new window or tab thank God. That is really helpful and amazing. It is done in the Compose mode right away when you highlighted a link, a tab (like shown below) appears. You also have the option to add 'rel=no-follow' attribute. Wow!
Open Links in a New Window / Tab in your Blogger Posts (Old Way)
1. Log in to your Blogger account and go to Edit Posts. Choose the Post you want the link to enable the trick.
2. Choose the HTML tab instead of Compose.
3. Go over the link which has the format below: Take note the anchor text is the link text, that is highlighted and the texts that the reader click.
<a href="YourLinkUrl" anchor text</a>
This is a screen shot of a link I want to be opened in a new tab. The highlighted part has the format of code mentioned in step 3. This is the one we are editing.
4. Insert target="_blank" The code will now have this format:
<a href="YourLinkUrl" target="_blank">anchor text</a>
5. My HTML will now appear like this:
Open Links in a New Window or tab in your Link List Widget
Blogger has that Link List Gadget / Widget that’s so helpful to list your favorite links of website you want your readers to know. These, too are opened in the same window once clicked. There’s also a brilliant trick to enable the Open the Link in a New Window or Tab automatically when people click your links inside the Link List Gadget. The easy steps are below:
1. Log in to your Blogger account.
2. Go over the Design Tab and to Edit HTML.
3. Don’t forget to do the Download Full Template so everything is safe incase of errors.
4. Tick the Expand Widget Template little box.
5. Go over and find the code below. (Press CTRL F and paste the code in the search tab to make it easy)
<li><a expr:href='data:link.target'><data:link.name/></a></li>
6. Replace the whole code with the new code below:
<li><a expr:href='data:link.target' target="_blank"><data:link.name/></a></li>
7. Preview your website page and try the links. Save when everything is done.
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