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..
http://www.yourwebsite.com|_blank