What exactly do you mean with "it does not work"?

The hyperlink is followed, but the Target= tag appears to be being ignored. With Target="_top" the page loads within the same frame, which it shouldn't do. To test it I changed the tag to target="_blank" which should force the page to open in a seperate browser window, but again it doesn't, it just opens in the same frame. Prior to the upgrade it was functioning correctly.

Got link where we can see this?

Ok, well I'm pretty poorly skilled when it comes to web technologies, but I do manage a small charity website built in a WYSIWYG manner. I've tried to set up a basic news blog at http://www.swedauk.org/news/index.htm and have used html frames (I know that frames aren't really a great idea).

On page 2 of the news blog there's a post titled Hitch Hike to Morocco and a hyperlink withing it to another blog that's also within a frame. The html code for the link is <a href="http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/index.htm" target="_top"> http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/</a&gt;. Previously this link loaded the page correctly but since the upgrade it loads within the current frame. The same happens, instead of opening a new browser window, if I change the target tag to "_blank".

I see this in your html :

your link? wrote:

<a target="_top" href="http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/index.htm"> </a>
<a href="http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/">http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/</a>

*how* are you adding those links to your post?

¥

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For kicks, admin -> global settings -> plugin install -> disable the "auto links" plugin

I think I just typed them in by hand into the expert panel. It did used to work and I only noticed it not working after updating.

So what do you see if you edit the post?

<b>Ellen Porteous</b> and her friend <b>Jane Chedzoy</b> are currently undertaking a sponsored Hitch-Hike to Morocco to raise money for SWEDA.

We wish them all the best! You can follow their exploits and post encouragement and feedback on their ongoing blog at <a href="http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/index.htm" target="_top"> http://www.swedauk.org/ellen/</a&gt;

displayed in the expert panel. Don't worry though, it's not a big deal, I just wasn't sure what was going on as it worked previously.

¥åßßå wrote:

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For kicks, admin -> global settings -> plugin install -> disable the "auto links" plugin

Sounds like a good idea. Auto-Links might be making a link out of the link that should be text, thus resulting in the double-linked text.

Thank you all, disabling the auto links plugin does indeed work.