Script to open links in new window without "target='_blank'"

I need a script to open links in a new window without having to edit the html links themselves in any way. I've found plenty of javascript scripts to isolate links with certain classes are attributes, but I can't edit in classes and attributes (well, I *could*, but it's messy and complicated with this CMS, so I'd really prefer to not get into all that), so I need it to just open all links in a new window. Can you help me?

Which CMS are you using?

Put this in the page header.

<BASE target="_blank">

wow, who knew it could be so simple! lol
I've been looking online, and find pages and pages of people struggling over javascript code and all it takes is that!

Now, this will open all the links in a new window, not just external links.

If you want a particular link to open in the same window you have to add the target=_self

Drupal. I really like Drupal in every way except theming. Theming is not their strong point. In order to change the output, you have to go into the module core code, find the function that's producing the HTML, copy it to a separate file, and rename it along specific guidelines, and place that in your default theme directory. And God forbid there are multiple modules producing your page layout. XOOPS was great for theming, they used smarty tags, so all the theming was separate from the core code, it was awesome. But they suck in just about every other way, so it's a give a take, you have to weigh your priorities.

Ok, so now I need a php code that basically says, "if top.href != hostname, print <BASE target="_blank">"

I have some pages that are going to be in an iframe, and I need the links to only open in a new window if a page is in an iframe.

try this

Code:

<script>

if(top.location != document.location) {

  document.write('<BASE target="_blank">');

}

</script>

cool! is that javascript?

yeppers

I feel like I should pay you or something, lol

don't worry about it.

Here's a way to set external and internal links differently if you wanted to.

https://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/base-target-using-javascript-44087.html

Thanks, this has solved my last obstacle to getting this to work

I'm migrating my site from xoops to drupal, and I have to recreate various aspects of my xoops site within drupal, one of which are my google modules, which are iframes on the iGoogle homepage. So now that the links will open in a new window, it'll work just fine

Awesome!

sounds complicated, and I hope you get it all figured out!