target = _blank problem

davehep

Hi Guys - first posting for me - hope it's not a stupid question I am about to ask!

OK - so I have a (php) webpage on which I have a link to a BBC Newsfeed......

It works just fine and displays the latest news headlines in my particular field (education).

The problem is that when the headline is clicked it opens up the BBC News website in the existing browser page - i.e., not a new window as I would like it to do.....

I'm guessing that somewhere in the code I need to place a 'target = _blank' instruction, but the question is........where and how???

These are the lines of code which refer to the BBC newsfeed:

<?php
$XMLFILE = "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/education/rss.xml";
$TEMPLATE = "rss2html/sample-template.html";
$MAXITEMS = "5";
include("rss2html/rss2html.php");
?>

Any suggestions gratefully received!!

Regards,

Dave

Weedpacket

Probably somewhere in the template file (going at a rough guess based on the names).

Bonesnap

Where in the code is it printing the actual link? That's where you need to add the target attribute.

bradgrafelman

Bonesnap;10990259 wrote:
Where in the code is it printing the actual link? That's where you need to add the target attribute.

Not necessarily. If the template is indeed responsible for generating the HTML for the links (as Weedpacket suggested above), it would make much more sense to edit the template rather than changing the PHP code.

davehep

Thanks guys. I'm away for 24hrs but when I get back I'll have a look at the template file and get back to you if I still have problems (very likely!!).

Dave

Bonesnap

bradgrafelman;10990261 wrote:
Not necessarily. If the template is indeed responsible for generating the HTML for the links (as Weedpacket suggested above), it would make much more sense to edit the template rather than changing the PHP code.

That's what I said. Wherever the link is actually being printed (printed, displayed, echoed, whether it be via PHP, HTML, or voodoo), that's where the change needs to be made.