Внешняя ссылка в SP Simple Portfolio - Общие вопросы по расширениям Joomla

<?php if ($this->item->url) { ?>
			<div class="sp-simpleportfolio-link">
				<a class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank" href="<?php echo $this->item->url; ?>"><?php echo JText::_('COM_SPSIMPLEPORTFOLIO_VIEW_PROJECT'); ?></a>
			</div>
			<?php } ?>

<div class="sp-simpleportfolio-btns">
								<?php if( $this->item->video ) { ?>
								<a class="btn-zoom" href="#" data-featherlight="#sp-simpleportfolio-video<?php echo $this->item->id; ?>"><?php echo JText::_('COM_SPSIMPLEPORTFOLIO_WATCH'); ?></a>
								<?php } else { ?>
								<a class="btn-zoom" href="<?php echo $this->item->popup_img_url; ?>" data-featherlight="image"><?php echo JText::_('COM_SPSIMPLEPORTFOLIO_ZOOM'); ?></a>
								<?php } ?>
								<a class="btn-view" href="<?php echo $this->item->url; ?>"><?php echo JText::_('COM_SPSIMPLEPORTFOLIO_VIEW'); ?></a>
							</div>

<a class="btn-view" href="<?php echo $this->item->url; ?>"><?php echo JText::_('COM_SPSIMPLEPORTFOLIO_VIEW'); ?></a>

$query->select('a.*, a.id AS spsimpleportfolio_item_id , a.tagids AS spsimpleportfolio_tag_id, a.url AS external'); // effrit, добавил выборку URL в запрос

if($this->item->external) $this->item->url = $this->item->external;  // effrit, новая строка, затираем переход на внутренню страницу внешней ссылкой

if($this->item->external) $this->item->url = $this->item->external;

if($item->external) $item->url = $item->external;

$query->select('a.*, a.id AS spsimpleportfolio_item_id , a.tagids AS spsimpleportfolio_tag_id, a.created AS created_on, a.url AS external') 

$target="";
if($this->item->external)  $target=' target="_blank" ';

$query->select('a.*, a.id AS spsimpleportfolio_item_id , a.tagids AS spsimpleportfolio_tag_id, a.created AS created_on, a.url AS external')