Making the Blogroll validate

  • I just launched a site that would validate as XHTML Strict were it not for the Blogroll — specifically the target attribute. The client wants to keep that functionality, so is there a way to replace ‘target=”_blank”‘ with something else, like a class?

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  • I believe your options are:

    1) don’t force that behaviour on visitors….they hate it!
    2) use javascript
    3) wait for CSS3 which allows target behaviour
    4) switch to transitional

    google xhtml strict target blank to see if you have more options I guess…..

    Thread Starter brundlefly

    (@brundlefly)

    Thanks for the response!

    “1) don’t force that behaviour on visitors….they hate it!”

    Oh, trust me, I know that. I hate it too, but the client is dead set on it.

    “2) use javascript”

    The thing is, the client doesn’t want all of the blogroll items to open in a new window. Some of the links are internal, and those need to open in the same window. I would like a way to replace the target attr with javascript or a class that I can select with jQuery on a case by case basis, based on what the client selects in Links > Edit.

    “3) wait for CSS3 which allows target behaviour”

    HA! The client’s big on IE6 support. That ain’t gonna happen.

    “4) switch to transitional”

    This was a last minute requirement, and the site’s basically done. I would be wary of switching doctypes at this point.

    “google xhtml strict target blank to see if you have more options I guess…..”

    Yeah, I’m going to keep Googling.

    yup, I really haven’t come across any other solutions….. I searched for someone else on here a while ago…..

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