Month View – Open Event URL in New Window

[zafari]

I am now using the default Month view and have used the code snippet from this website to make the event links click to the event website URL instead of the single-event page. However, this code snippet does not give a way to open the external URL in a new window. How can I accomplish this? Thank you!

[Brendan]

Hi there,

Thanks for emailing support. Can you share the code snippet you are using? That way, I can see if I can modify it for the desired effect.

Thanks,
Brendan

[zafari]

Sure! I am using this modification in functions.php:

function tribe_set_link_website ( $link, $postId ) {
$website_url = tribe_get_event_website_url( $postId );
// Only swaps link if set
if ( !empty( $website_url ) ) {
$link = $website_url;
}
return $link;
}
add_filter( ‘tribe_get_event_link’, ‘tribe_set_link_website’, 100, 2 );
add_filter( ‘tribe_get_event_website_link_target’, ‘blank_target_for_new_window’ );
function blank_target_for_new_window() {
return ‘_blank’;
}

The code for opening the new window is the part that is not working.

Thanks, Brendan!

[Brendan]

Hi there,

Try switching that out with this one: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cliffordp/3bdd3857f905c0927dc5c5594f97e319/raw/ce52639d898f3dde1b9b46a9516e983ab5a4654b/functions.php

Let me know how that goes.

Thanks,
Brendan

[zafari]

Tried it, but still not working. Any other ideas? thanks!

[Jaime Marchwinski]

Hi Pamela,

There are actually quite a few ways around this:

1. https://wordpress.org/plugins/open-external-links-in-a-new-window/
2. https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/209506/how-do-i-make-images-open-in-a-new-tab-by-default
3. https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/230417/open-link-in-a-new-tab-checked-by-default-when-adding-a-new-link-in-visual-post

You can also try adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php file and see if that resolves your issue:

https://gist.github.com/cliffordp/3584b8aee70cde484700

Let us know if any of those help!

 

Thanks,

Jaime

[zafari]

Thank you, Jaime!! At last something that works – #1. Thanks so much!!!!

[Brendan]

Glad it worked for you!

Thanks,
Brendan

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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