Possible Social Media Icon Bug?

  • Resolved myk.robinson

    (@mykrobinson)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    I used the Menu Editor to add links for social media in the footer at https://www.wheremothandrustdestroy.com

    I have links for Facebook, Instagram, and Soundcloud.

    the first two automatically have a target of _blank on the <a> tag, which is exactly what I want. THe soundcloud link does not. I have removed and readded it just for kicks to see if maybe i fat fingered or mistyped something. It seems that some of the social media links just don’t want to take _blank…

    So to test to see if this was isolated to Soundcloud, I added a YouTube link as well. YouTube does the same thing.

    My issue is I cannot figure out what controls the targeting for custom links in the social media menu. I would like for all of the links to open in a new window.

    I’m sure this is something very simple that I am overlooking. I’ll keep trying to find the little piece of code that controls this, but if someone has a quick answer, I/m open that that too. Gotta learn somehow.

    Thanks

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by myk.robinson.
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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Are the social icons available as a menu inside of Appearance > Menus?

    Thread Starter myk.robinson

    (@mykrobinson)

    @anevins sorry for the delay. Yes, it is available there. I don’t have an option for targeting however.

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    [ No bumping please. ]

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Jan Dembowski.
    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    @mykrobinson, I don’t know the answer. It’s not useful for me to post just to say I don’t know the answer so I don’t usually respond, but I did this time because you bumped the thread. I should also highlight that people helping on these forums are volunteers. They answer if they have time and if they know the answer. Bumping doesn’t change that.

    Thread Starter myk.robinson

    (@mykrobinson)

    Just checking back on this. Andrew, I read and understand your reply above, however with this being 2 months old now, it is likely buried and no one is reading it anymore. Just keeping hope alive ??

    Thread Starter myk.robinson

    (@mykrobinson)

    I have found an answer for this, and it is so simple, I am quire surprised that no one on the forum nor myself spotted it. Just a matter of knowing where to look, apparently

    https://richwp.com/open-wordpress-menu-links-in-new-window/

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