WordPress Coding

In the wordpress 2.5 and above versions, comments author URL opens up in the same window. This could possibly make your blog reader to get away to other sites. If you want it to be opened up in new window, you need to make the following code changes.

Look for this file : ../wp-includes/comment-template.php and take a look at the piece of code which is mentioned as below.

function get_comment_author_link() {
	$url    = get_comment_author_url();
	$author = get_comment_author();

	if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' == $url )
		$return = $author;
	else
		$return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow'>$author</a>";
	return apply_filters('get_comment_author_link', $return);
}

Modify the above block of code with changes as shown below.

function get_comment_author_link() {
	$url    = get_comment_author_url();
	$author = get_comment_author();

	if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' == $url )
		$return = $author;
	else
		$return = "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'>$author</a>";
	return apply_filters('get_comment_author_link', $return);
}

Thats it. You are done! Enjoy the wordpress while retaining traffic on your site :)