remove target='_blank' from external links for better security and accessibility

config/_default/menu.toml

@@ -9,45 +9,33 @@
   name = "self-hosting"
   url = "/categories/self-hosting/"
   weight = 1
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_self"
 
 [[main]]
   identifier = "tips"
   name = "tips"
   url = "/categories/tips/"
   weight = 1
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_self"
 
 [[main]]
   identifier = "code"
   name = "code"
   url = "/categories/code/"
   weight = 1
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_self"
 
 [[main]]
   identifier = "backstage"
   name = "backstage"
   url = "/categories/backstage/"
   weight = 1
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_self"
 
 [[main]]
   identifier = "slashes"
   name = "slashes"
   url = "/slashes/"
   weight = 10
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_self"
 
 [[main]]
   identifier = "notes"
   name = "notes↗"
   url = "https://notes.runtimeterror.dev"
   weight = 100
-  [[main.params]]
-    target = "_blank"

content/changelog.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "/changelog"
 date: "2024-05-26T21:19:08Z"
-lastmod: "2024-06-29T03:55:04Z"
+lastmod: "2024-07-04T02:32:27Z"
 description: "Maybe I should keep a log of all my site-related tinkering?"
 featured: false
 toc: false
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ categories: slashes
 ---
 *High-level list of config/layout changes to the site. The full changelog is of course [on GitHub](https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror/commits/main/).*
 
+**2024-07-03:**
+- Remove `target="_blank"` from external links for improved security and accessibility
+
 **2024-06-28:**
 - Add [recentfm.js](https://recentfm.rknight.me/) recently-played widget to sidebar
 - Use [Hugo render-hook](https://gohugo.io/render-hooks/links/#examples) to add ↗ marker to external links

content/posts/the-slash-page-scoop/index.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "The Slash Page Scoop"
 date: 2024-06-02
-# lastmod: 2024-05-30
+lastmod: "2024-07-04T02:23:41Z"
 description: "I've added new slash pages to the site to share some background info on who I am, what I use, and how this site works."
 featured: false
 toc: true
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Of course, I'd like to include a link to [slashpages.net](https://slashpages.net
 {{ if .IsHome }}
   <h1>{{ site.Params.indexTitle | markdownify }}</h1>
 {{ else }}
-  <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="Category RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1> <!-- [tl! ~~] -->
+  <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="Category RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1> <!-- [tl! ~~] -->
   {{ with .Description }}<i>{{ . }}</i><hr>{{ else }}<br>{{ end }}
 {{ end }}{{ end }}
   {{ .Content }}
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ Line 9 is where I had already modified the template to conditionally add an RSS
 {{ else }}
   {{ if eq .Title "/slashes" }} <!-- [tl! **:3 ++:3 ] -->
     <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}</h1>
-    <i>My collection of <a target="_blank" title="what's a slashpage?" href="https://slashpages.net">slash pages</a>.</i><hr>
+    <i>My collection of <a title="what's a slashpage?" href="https://slashpages.net">slash pages↗</a>.</i><hr>
   {{ else }}
-    <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="Category RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
+    <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="Category RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
     {{ with .Description }}<i>{{ . }}</i><hr>{{ else }}<br>{{ end }}
   {{ end }} <!-- [tl! ** ++ ] -->
 {{ end }}{{ end }}

layouts/partials/about.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{ with .Site.Params.about }}
 <div class="aside__about">
     {{ with .logo }}<img class="about__logo" src="{{ . | absURL }}" alt="Logo">{{ end }}
-<h1 class="about__title">{{ .title }}&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="/feed.xml" aria-label="RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
+<h1 class="about__title">{{ .title }}&nbsp;<a href="/feed.xml" aria-label="RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
 {{ partial "tagline.html" . }}
 <br>
 <a href="/about/"><i class="fa-regular fa-user"></i></a>&nbsp;<a href="/about/">{{ site.Params.Author.name }}</a>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <ul class="aside__social-links">
     {{ range $item := .Site.Params.socialLinks }}
     <li>
-        <a target="_blank" href="{{ $item.url | safeURL }}" rel="me" aria-label="{{ $item.title }}" title="{{ $item.title }}"><i class="{{ $item.icon }}" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>&nbsp;
+        <a href="{{ $item.url | safeURL }}" rel="me" aria-label="{{ $item.title }}" title="{{ $item.title }}"><i class="{{ $item.icon }}" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>&nbsp;
     </li>
     {{ end }}
 </ul>

layouts/partials/archive.html

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 {{ else }}
   {{ if eq .Title "/slashes" }}
     <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}</h1>
-    <i>My collection of <a target="_blank" title="what's a slashpage?" href="https://slashpages.net">slash pages</a>.</i><hr>
+    <i>My collection of <a title="what's a slashpage?" href="https://slashpages.net">slash pages↗</a>.</i><hr>
   {{ else }}
-    <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify | lower }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="{{ .Title }} RSS" title="{{ .Title }} RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
+    <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify | lower }}{{ if eq .Kind "term" }}&nbsp;<a href="{{ .Permalink }}feed.xml" aria-label="{{ .Title }} RSS" title="{{ .Title }} RSS"><i class="fa-solid fa-square-rss"></i></a>&nbsp;</h1>
     {{ with .Description }}<i>{{ . }}</i>{{ end }}
   {{ end }}
   <hr>

layouts/partials/footer.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <span class="footer_slashes">{"<a href="/slashes/" title="slashpages">/slashes</a>": [{{- range $i, $link :=  .Site.Params.slashPages }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}&quot;<a href="{{ $link.url }}" title="{{ $link.label }}">{{ $link.title }}</a>&quot;{{ end }}]}</span>
-<br><span class="copyright" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">{"copyright": ["content": "<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>", "code": "<a href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="MIT License">MIT</a>"]}</span>
+<br><span class="copyright" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">{"copyright": ["content": "<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0↗</a>", "code": "<a href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror/blob/main/LICENSE" rel="license noopener noreferrer" title="MIT License">MIT↗</a>"]}</span>
-<br><span class="footer_links">&lt;<a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror">view source</a>&gt;</span>
+<br><span class="footer_links">&lt;<a href="https://github.com/jbowdre/runtimeterror">view source↗</a>&gt;</span>
 
 <!-- Back to Top button via https://github.com/vfeskov/vanilla-back-to-top -->
 {{ $jsToTop := resources.Get "js/back-to-top.js" | minify }}

layouts/partials/header.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <h1 class="page__logo"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}" class="page__logo-inner">{{ .Site.Title }}</a></h1>
     {{ $currentPage := . }}
     {{ range .Site.Menus.main }}
-    <li class="main-nav__item"><a class="nav-main-item{{ if or ($currentPage.IsMenuCurrent "main" .) ($currentPage.HasMenuCurrent "main" .) (eq ($currentPage.Permalink) (.URL | absLangURL)) }} active{{end}}" href="{{ .URL | absLangURL }}" title="{{ .Title }}" target="{{ .Params.target }}">{{ .Name }}</a></li>
+    <li class="main-nav__item"><a class="nav-main-item{{ if or ($currentPage.IsMenuCurrent "main" .) ($currentPage.HasMenuCurrent "main" .) (eq ($currentPage.Permalink) (.URL | absLangURL)) }} active{{end}}" href="{{ .URL | absLangURL }}" title="{{ .Title }}">{{ .Name }}</a></li>
     {{ end }}
     </ul>
 </nav>