Did you know? WP Menu Trick
When working online, there feels like there is always something new to learn.
I have been building websites for three years now and I still learn new things I can do with WordPress.
One of those things has to do with the menu.
I never had need for this particular feature so I never looked into it. I just assumed it was not possible so never 'Googled' it.
One of my clients is very particular about her links and wants EVERYthing to open in a new tab - including her menu items.
As I said, I did not think it was possible.
Then I searched and guess what?
Of course it is possible and it doesn't take any custom coding!
Go to Appearance > Menus
Make sure you save your menu again!
Cool trick ;)
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It's definitely good that people know about this, and I respect the choice to do it. However, it's considered standard practice in HTML and coding to always open links in the same tab. This is because if people want a new tab, it's standard that they either right-click and choose that option or use a middle click on their mouse. Straying away from that standard can cause confusion and frustration.
I only say this because I used to make all external links open in a new tab. But after reading on it, and seeing code textbooks suggest not doing it, I became convinced that it's not the best thing to do.
I think it is great you took the time to do some research. :) I am an advocate of never taking other people's word but rather looking into things yourself!
As you said, it is a personal choice. For me, the only time I want my links to open in the same window is on my sales pages which go to an order form. :)
One of the best reasons to have your link open on a different page is they don't have to go looking for your website page it is still on the header and click back to it. So many times I have lost websites because they open in the same page and you can't get back to it.
Thanks Angela, yes I know that, can you tell me where the CSS class and link relationship exactly is for, what can you fill in there?
XFN Link Relationship - to my understanding - is just to show a relationship between your site and the link you are connecting it to, whether it is internal or external. I will admit I haven't really looked into it much so not sure about the 'why' you would want to do so.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Defining_Relationships_with_XFN
CSS clas is used to customize that one menu item. This article explains it pretty well I think https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/customizing-the-wordpress-menu-with-custom-classes/
Yes this is what I use, I always have links in new windows. Have seen some claiming that this should only be used for external links but I do not see any logic in it. Besides, I just like it that way.
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Thanks for this!