[Plugin: WP-Cycle] links open in new window

go to this section in the php code and overwrite the first line (seen below with the second line

///////////////////////////////////////////////
this final section generates all the code that
is displayed on the front-end of the WP Theme
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

echo ‘‘;
echo ‘‘;

Here is my solution to this that I’ve used, I found it to be easier than creating a lot of other code to handle a checkbox and new option and blah blah to handle it.

In wp-cycle.php, 417 change the line

if($data['image_links_to'])
			echo '<a href="'.$data['image_links_to'].'">';

to

if($data['image_links_to']) {
			$link = explode('|', $data['image_links_to']);
			if ($link[1]) {
				echo '<a href="'.$link[0].'" target="'.$link[1].'">';
			}
			else {
				echo '<a href="'.$link[0].'">';
			}
		}

And then in the URL field, use a pipe and put the target, such as..

https://www.yourwebsite.com|_blank