/**
 * Code to provide a replacement for the target
 * attribute of which is depreciated for
 * XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 Strict
 *
 * From:
 *   http://www.sitepoint.com/article/standards-compliant-world
 *
 */

function externalLinks() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}
window.onload = externalLinks;