THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Social Icons open in a new window http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Social Icons open in a new window en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 12:08:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.themolitor.com/forums/search.php THE MOLITOR on "Social Icons open in a new window" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window#post-32918 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:09:41 +0000 THE MOLITOR 32918@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

I can confirm my instructions are correct. Unfortunately support does not include customization services, so if you need additional help with these edits I'll have to ask that you submit a request here: http://themolitor.com/custom

Best,

Chris

thefarmr on "Social Icons open in a new window" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window#post-32917 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:42:20 +0000 thefarmr 32917@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

I apologize, the code did not display properly in the above message. I inserted the code exactly as written in your instructions.

thefarmr on "Social Icons open in a new window" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window#post-32916 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:38:35 +0000 thefarmr 32916@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

" title="SoundCloud" rel="nofollow"><i class="fa fa-soundcloud"></i>

I inserted the above code in the footer.php, but the social links are still opening in current window, as opposed to a new window or tab. I changed the code on all of the social icons. ilkomusic.com

Any ideas why?

THE MOLITOR on "Social Icons open in a new window" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window#post-32912 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:24:32 +0000 THE MOLITOR 32912@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

Sure! You just need to add target="_blank" to each link item in footer.php. For example, the facebook link on line 45 will change from this...

<a class="socialicon" id="facebookIcon" href="<?php echo $facebook; ?>"  title="Facebook" rel="nofollow"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>

...to this...

<a target="_blank" class="socialicon" id="facebookIcon" href="<?php echo $facebook; ?>"  title="Facebook" rel="nofollow"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>

See the addition of target="_blank" at the beginning? Just do that for each social link.

Let me know if that helps.

Best,

Chris

thefarmr on "Social Icons open in a new window" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/social-icons-open-in-a-new-window#post-32900 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 08:19:58 +0000 thefarmr 32900@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

Can you tell me how to make the social icons at the bottom of the Nocturnal theme open in a new window? Specifically the soundcloud and the Facebook icons. Thanks!