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Social Media Icons - how to open in a NEW window?

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Adendum
Member

I would prefer to have all social media icons open a new tab or window rather than in the same window. There does not appear to be an option for this so I assume I would need to edit the php in one of the theme files? If so where?

Also if this is the only route is there a child theme available to ensure future updates don't overwrite any changes?

Posted 4 months ago #
Devin
Moderator
Hi Adendum,

There isn't currently a child theme already create but the change is pretty simple. Open includes>helper-social-media.php and look for:
```
$html .= "<a href='".$icon['social_icon_link']."'>".ucfirst($icon['social_icon'])."</a>";
```
replace that line with:
$html .= "<a href='".$icon['social_icon_link']."' target='_blank'>".ucfirst($icon['social_icon'])."</a>";

So that the target blank gets added to all social media links.

Regards,

Devin
Posted 4 months ago #
Adendum
Member

Devin,

Perfect. Many thanks.

What are the chances of having a child theme in the future?

Posted 4 months ago #
Devin
Moderator

Unlikely. I know it has been asked for from time to time but so far Kriesi has not added one to any of the themes.

Regards,

Devin

Posted 4 months ago #