Removing Light Box code

[jessicav21]

Hi, working on my school website and I have gallery buttons that are linked to external sites although a light box comes up. Does anyone know an easy fix? I remember troubleshooting this last year and am at a loss for a quick fix. Thank you in advance.

[Paulie_D]

I have gallery buttons that are linked to external sites

Not sure what that means…

I’m not entirely clear what it is you are trying to do.

[jessicav21]

http://www.westosha.k12.wi.us/cocurricular_news/clubs/clubs1.html

Click on ABS “Join Now” button and it comes up with a light box instead of referring it to the destination URL

[Paulie_D]

Hmmm…it’s not a lightbox per se it’s a link to a document in a google docs folder. That will tend to try to open as a pop-up in most modern browsers.

I’d find another way of having those forms linked..especially as one has to have permission to view them, which the casual visitor would not have.

So, what were you expecting the ‘links’ to do when they were clicked?

[jessicav21]

Okay that’s interesting. Are you getting to the Google doc? The students within the district can access the google docs and will not need permission.

Is there any way to prevent the pop-up window and just open a new tab?

[Paulie_D]

You would have to add

target="_blank" to each link..I think

[jessicav21]

Yes, they are already target-“blank”. So this is a browser issue?

[__]

Yes, they are already target-”blank”

“blank” or “_blank“? It makes a difference.

So this is a browser issue?

Not an “issue” so much as how it was intended to work.

[jessicav21]

_blank – I use Dreamweaver CS6

[jessicav21]

If I right click over link and select “Open Link in a New Tab” It goes to the Google form.

[Paulie_D]

Well that’s what target="_blank" is supposed to do…guess it might be turned off in some browsers.

[Paulie_D]

Hmm…consensus (after a swift Google is not to use ‘target’) as it”s usually left to the browser to decide unless specifically differently by the individual user.

JS seems to offer a solution

onclick="window.open (this.href, ''); return false"

but I dislike inline JS.

I’d prefer to see this abstracted away into a separate JS/JQ script.

See here – http://www.copterlabs.com/blog/easily-create-external-links-without-the-target-attribute/

It’s pretty simple

Alternatively, you seem to be saying that visitors will be permitted access to the documents so you could just leave it and ignore your discomfort because you don’t like the effect.

[ThatCat]

That lightbox is for IMAGES. Why use a Lightbox image gallery for make an “_blank” link?
I think you are searching an “iframe lightbox”. I recommend “fancybox“.

[Paulie_D]

@Rocanrol97

Why use a Lightbox image gallery for make an “_blank” link?

It isn’t a lightbox at all and isn’t intended to be. It’s a link to a document which the browser is trying to open in the same page as a pop-up.

Not the same thing at all.

[Soren]

Apologies if I’ve misunderstood!

Is there any way to prevent the pop-up window and just open a new tab?

You’ve seen this in your code, right? (below “Computer Code” div)

$(function() {
  $('.gallery-grid a').lightBox();
});

You’re telling the links to behave like a lightbox.

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