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lorna
Maven
11 years ago

Javascript in a blog

Hi,   We have a blog where the author wants to post a link to a page that opens in a specific window size... it's a product demo so they would like it to appear over / with the blog if that makes s...
  • cblown's avatar
    cblown
    11 years ago

    You could introduce a JS file into the main theme that looks for a certain class on links <a> and adds a click event to these links allowing you to fire your custom window open code when they are clicked. Then just add this special class to these links via the post blog HTML editor. 

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KaelaC
Lithium Alumni (Retired)

Lithium strips out javascript from messages as a security precaution.  I do not there is a way to post javascript into the message body. 

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cblown
Boss
11 years ago

You could introduce a JS file into the main theme that looks for a certain class on links <a> and adds a click event to these links allowing you to fire your custom window open code when they are clicked. Then just add this special class to these links via the post blog HTML editor. 

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    lorna
    Maven
    11 years ago

    Thank you all! Chris's worked for our requirements :)