Current Textarea:
<textarea id="event_content">
This text area could be full of information..www.london2012.com
And might contain upto 5 links that all need updating.
www.rio2016.org
Link already converted. this should be left.
<a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk" target="_blank">www.thetimes.co.uk</a>
</textarea>
Desired Textarea after jquery: all links to be cleaned/replaced with tags and target attr
<textarea id="event_content">
This text area could be full of information
<a href="http://www.london2012.com" target="_blank">www.london2012.com</a>
And might contain upto 5 links that all need updating.
<a href="http://www.rio2016.org" target="_blank">www.rio2016.org</a>
Link already converted. this should be left.
<a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk" target="_blank">www.thetimes.co.uk</a>
</textarea>
21 July 2012 - Ωmega's code worked a treat thanks, but could be improved by leaving already converted links?