How can I create outound links in Smooth Animated Menu with jQuery? - jquery-selectors

Question

I am using a very cool jquery drop down menu by Zach at One Mighty Roar. I cannot get this to link to let's say, a Facebook page in a new window. The js file is below:
$(document).ready(function(){
//Remove outline from links
$("a").click(function(){
$(this).blur();
});
//When mouse rolls over
$("li").mouseover(function(){
$(this).stop().animate({height:'150px'},{queue:false, duration:600, easing: 'easeOutBounce'})
});
//When mouse is removed
$("li").mouseout(function(){
$(this).stop().animate({height:'50px'},{queue:false, duration:600, easing: 'easeOutBounce'})
});
});
The html is below:
<div id="nav">
<ul class="tabNav">
<li><img src="../images/facebook.png" alt="Check out our Facebook page!" width="36" height="36" border="0" /></li>
<li>FTP Site</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li class="current">Projects</li>
</ul>
<div class="tabContainer">
<div class="tab"><p>Click here to be taken to our Facebook page.</p></div>
<div class="tab"><p>Click here to be taken to our ftp site to download your documents.</p></div>
<div class="tab">Contact Info</div>
<div class="tab">Services Info</div>
<div class="tab current">Projects Info</div>
</div>
The css:
/* MENU */
ul.tabNav {
list-style: none;
width: 100%;
float: left;
}
ul.tabNav li {
float: right;
margin: 0;
}
.tab.current ul li {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 15px;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
.tabNav li a img {
margin-top: 15px;
}
ul.tabNav li.current {
}
ul.tabNav a {
color: #FFF;
display: block;
height: 66px;
padding: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
width: 66px;
margin-left: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
border: 1px solid #FF9933;
text-align: center;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-family: "Century Gothic";
letter-spacing: 1px;
line-height: 60px;
}
ul.tabNav li.current a {
padding: 10px;
}
div.tabContainer {
clear: both;
float: right;
width: 500px;
z-index: 9999;
}
div.tabContainer div.tab {
border: 1px solid #FF9933;
color: #FFF;
display: none;
padding: 10px;
background-image: url(images/slideshow_bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat;
margin-top: 14px;
height: 500px;
}
div.tab p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.tabContainer .tab { display: none; }
I have tried adding my http:// up in the tabNav AND/OR the tabContainer sections and I cannot link out. Frustrating.

Answer 1

Have you tried:
Click here to be taken to our Facebook page.
You can also set other attributes. Check out the documentation and examples here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp