// JScript File
//SINCE XHTML 1.1 DOES NOT SUPPORT TARGET ATTRIBUTE, THE CODE BELOW IS A SOLUTION AT THIS POINT
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;