Links to open on a new window/tab

[Xaman]

Hi,

Currently when I use a URL on the "Contact" or "Other info" fields it will set the link to open on the same window.

Is it possible to change this behavior so it opens links on a new window/tab?

Thanks in advance.

[Geraint]

Not at all easy I'm afraid - you'll need to change some of the core PHP code of JEvents.

[philou]

Hi,

I had the same problem, and here is a solution, however you have to override the layout template where you want this to work (e.g. "detail_body.php" for the event detail page). In there you replace

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<?php echo $row->contact_info(); ?>

by:

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<?php echo str_replace('href=', 'target="_blank" href=', $row->contact_info()); ?>

Basically I look for the string "href" inside the HTML link markup and then add the "target" attribute in front of it.

Works quite nicely here.
p.

[leaho]

philou - Can you provide the full path to that php file? I'd also like to make links in my events open in a new window, but in searching the component, it's not apparent where that path is.
Thanks!

[carcam]

Hi leaho,
that answer is very old, and some changes have been made so you probably will not find the exact code snippet on your code. Anyway, just search in the component views according to which do you want to change (icalevent folder for detail page for instance) and change it there.

This article might be helpful:

http://www.jevents.net/en/jevents-15-to ... jevents-15

All best!!

[leaho]

Thanks carcam. I'll give it a try!

[philou]

Hi leaho,

if it is the Event Detail page you want to change, you find it here:
joomla/components/com_jevents/views/ext(IF_YOU_ARE_USING_THE EXT_LAYOUT/icalevent/tmpl/detail_body.php or detail_body16.php if you are using Joomla version 1.6

If you are new to overrides, you can find info elsewhere on this site about where you should copy this php file in order to modify it.

Best,
philou

[leaho]

Thanks philou. It's links in the "contact" field that I want to have open up in a new window. Will the path you provided change that field?

I'm very new to code, so I'll see if I can get someone else to help me change it on my site.
Thanks!

[philou]

If you are not so comfortable with php then it's probably better you get someone to help you. The file I mention outputs the entire "Event Detail" page, so you need to find the part where the contact field is created and then use the little trick to turn links into pop-up links.

Whoever does it for you should be aware that the original php file is left untouched, but a copy is made inside your template folder which is then modified and will automatically override the original file.
Refer to this post http://www.jevents.net/en/jevents-15-topmenu-17/club-documentation/advanced-documentatation/56-template-overrides-event-detail-page

Good luck,
p.