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[BRDgirl]

Thanks so much for the follow-up Tony - I will look forward to hearing from you.

Originally Posted by tony_sologubov

Hi Belinda!

Sorry for being silent on this task for a while. I did not forget about this task and I will come to it in two weeks. I will keep you posted.

Tony.

[GreatLakesVacuum]

I would like to know this as well. It seems your not able to add a target="_blank" in the link like you could in X-Cart 4?

[totaltec]

Originally Posted by GreatLakesVacuum

I would like to know this as well. It seems your not able to add a target="_blank" in the link like you could in X-Cart 4?

I think this needs to be added to the core. Pretty simple to make a module that changes this, but I think we need a checkbox for this on all menus created by Simple CMS module.

[tony_sologubov]

Guys, sorry it took me incredibly long to create the mod. Here we go:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23858825/Tony-CMSLinksAdjustment-v5_1_0.tar

In order to make a link open in a separate window, you have to go to the classes/XLite/Module/Tony/CMSLinksAdjustment/CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/FooterMenu.php file and add the name of the link into the $linksInSeparateWindows variable.

The module contains three files except Main.php:
- CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/FooterMenu.php class is for walking through each menu entity and adding 'aboutBlank' to certain menu items
- View/Menu/Customer/Footer.php is for overriding default template of footer area
- skins/default/en/modules/Tony/CMSLinksAdjustment/footer_menu.tpl is a new template that will consider 'aboutBlank' attribute of menu entity.

Finally, as about adding this functionality to core, just registered it in our internal TODO list.

Please, let me know if there are any questions about this mod.

[totaltec]

Thanks Tony. I ended up adding a new column to the menu table, so you can just check a checkbox if you want the link to open a new window.

[tony_sologubov]

This is even better, Mike!

[BRDgirl]

Thank you so much for creating this module Tony - with your assistance, I was able to install the module and it works perfectly - YAY! My question is, I still have one link in my primary menu that I would like to open in a new tab - am I correct in assuming this module only works for the footer menu? Is there an easy way to have the same outcome with a link in the primary menu? Thanks for your help...

Belinda
Blue Ribbon Designs
X-Cart Business 5.1.8

Originally Posted by tony_sologubov

Guys, sorry it took me incredibly long to create the mod. Here we go:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23858825/Tony-CMSLinksAdjustment-v5_1_0.tar

In order to make a link open in a separate window, you have to go to the classes/XLite/Module/Tony/CMSLinksAdjustment/CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/FooterMenu.php file and add the name of the link into the $linksInSeparateWindows variable.

The module contains three files except Main.php:
- CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/FooterMenu.php class is for walking through each menu entity and adding 'aboutBlank' to certain menu items
- View/Menu/Customer/Footer.php is for overriding default template of footer area
- skins/default/en/modules/Tony/CMSLinksAdjustment/footer_menu.tpl is a new template that will consider 'aboutBlank' attribute of menu entity.

Finally, as about adding this functionality to core, just registered it in our internal TODO list.

Please, let me know if there are any questions about this mod.

[tony_sologubov]

Hi Belinda!

This module works for Footer menu only. If you need it to work for Top menu as well, you need to re-apply the change. It should not be hard though.

You need to copy files:
CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/FooterMenu.php
View/Menu/Customer/Footer.php

to

CDev/SimpleCMS/View/Menu/Customer/PrimaryMenu.php
View/Menu/Customer/Top.php

In this files, you need to adjust namespaces and specify that you are decorating the \XLite\View\Menu\Customer\Top class instead of \XLite\View\Menu\Customer\Footer one.

Finally, you need to change method in the View/Menu/Customer/Top.php file to be:

    protected function getDefaultTemplate()
    {
        return 'modules/Tony/CMSLinksAdjustment/top_menu.tpl';
    }

and then create your top_menu.tpl file.

Now it might sound as a rocket science, but these three steps are quite easy and I feel you can apply them yourself. Surely, I will be able to guide you step-by-step in this task.

Tony.

[tony_sologubov]

Here is a version of the mod for 5.2 core:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23858825/Tony-CMSLinksAdjustment-v5_2_0.tar

[BRDgirl]

Thanks so much for updating this Tony - it worked perfectly! I appreciate you.