jQuery JOLD External Hrefs

Version 1.2.5

Summary

Automatically open all external links (outside of the current site / hostname) in a new tab. Set <a rel=""> and <a target=""> attributes dynamically if enabled in settings

Installation:

Install the plugin with npm and include it in your build process, or directly include the files in the head of your page.

Install with npm (recommended):

$ npm i jquery.jold.external-hrefs --save
 

After installing the plugin with npm, you still need to include the downloaded files from node_modules into your workflow.

Include script from cdn:

<!-- Include js from jsdelivr cdn -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery.jold.js-load-video/jquery.jold.js-load-video.min.js"></script>
 

Load the plugin from jsdeliver CDN

Using the plugin

Initialize on all links

// Open all external links in new tab
$('a').joldExternalHrefs();

Open all external links in a new tab. The plugin compares the link hostname to the current site url hostname and opens it in a new window if the link goes outside of the current site.

Initialize on rel=external links

Only open links with the rel="external" arribute on an <a> link.

$('a[rel="external"]').joldExternalHrefs();

Ignored external links

All <a> links with the target attribute set to target="_self" are ignored by the plugin and wont open in a new tab.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com" target="_self">YouTube</a>

This link won't open in a new tab / window.

Plugin settings

$('a').joldExternalHrefs({
    'set_target': true,   // Set <a> target attribute
    'set_rel': true,      // Set <a> rel attribute
    'ignore_www': true,   // Ignore www from hostnames
});

Requirements

• Tested with jQuery 1.12.1
• A link must always have a href attribute to make this plugin function correctly
• Links (<a> tags without a href attribute will be ignored)

Author

Jurgen Oldenburg ( @joldnl / jold.nl / [e-mail] )

Changelog

Version 1.2.5

• IMPROVE: Update node npm dependencies

Version 1.2.2

• IMPROVE: Add .npmignore for ignoring .git and node_modules

Version 1.2.1

• Fix - Watch task update to gulp 4

Version 1.2

• NEW - Add settings: set_target, set_rel and ignore_www
• NEW - Add attributes rel and target to if settings allow it
• TWEAK - Ignore all links with target="_self" attribute
• DEV - Update node dependencies, no vulnerabilities anymore
• DEV - Core code improvements

Version 1.1

• Only open http and https links in a new window, skip all other protocols.

Version 1.0

• Initial commit.