(SOLVED) open social networking sites in new window

[cspaul]

Hi

 

When clicking on facebook icon in the social networking block, it opens in the same window. How do i make it open in new window ?

 

i tried adding target="_blank" to the URL.

 

Can someone tell me please ?

Edited August 15, 2013 by cspaul (see edit history)

[vekia]

can you please show the website, where the button is? you use default template? + are you sure that you changed correct file? i mean, that sometimes this file is also located in the themes directory: themes/yourtheme/modules/blocksocial/blocksocial.tpl

if it exist there, you have to edit this one.

[cspaul]

Thanks for your reply

 

The website is http://onlineshop.graceindianspices.in/

 

The facebook icon is under follow us at the bottom of the page

[vekia]

thanks

 

this is how your code looks like:

 

as you can see there is no target="_blank"

so make sure that you changed correct file (i described it in my post above)

+ run store under the "force compilation" mode

[cspaul]

I believe that I have changed the code as you said. It still opens in the same window. Also I checked the Store runs under "force compilation" mode

[vekia]

okay, so what about cache? you've got it ON ? if so, turn it off for the test purposes

[cspaul]

I had the cache OFF while making the changes. I turned it ON after making the changes. Now once again I have turned it OFF.

[vekia]

really weird that changes aren't visible.

 

can you, for test purposes, remove the contents of this file ?

[cspaul]

When I right click the link and go to inspect element the change seems to have been made.

 

Now I have removed the URL from the social networking block.

 

Now after refreshing the page, I find the facebook Icon has been removed

[vekia]

really weird.

 

can you show the contents of your .tpl file?

[cspaul]

I sincerely thank you and appreciate the way you are trying to help me. At this point I must tell you that I am not a technical person and I don't know where to look for the .tpl file. Do guide me.

[vekia]

i just want to check the whole contents of the file you changed

[PascalVG]

csPaul,

Go to your host and login

Open cPanel

Open File manager application

go to your shop root folder

go to /themes/default/modules/blocksocial/blocksocial.tpl

 

contents should be something like this. I made the changes so see if you can add it in the same spot:

 

<div id="social_block">

<p class="title_block">{l s='Follow us' mod='blocksocial'}</p>

<ul>

{if $facebook_url != ''}<li class="facebook"><a href="{$facebook_url|escape:html:'UTF-8'}" target="_blank">{l s='Facebook' mod='blocksocial'}</a></li>{/if}

{if $twitter_url != ''}<li class="twitter"><a href="{$twitter_url|escape:html:'UTF-8'}" target="_blank">{l s='Twitter' mod='blocksocial'}</a></li>{/if}

{if $rss_url != ''}<li class="rss"><a href="{$rss_url|escape:html:'UTF-8'}" target="_blank">{l s='RSS' mod='blocksocial'}</a></li>{/if}

</ul>

</div>

 

Hope this helps,

pascal

[PascalVG]

N.B. Adding the target="_blank" to the URL in Back office, as you said you tried, unfortunately doesn't work. Needs to be made in the file itself. See previous post how to.

pascal

[cspaul]

It works !!

 

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[PascalVG]

Of course it does...

Glad I could help!

 

Happy selling,

pascal