function externalLinks() { 

 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return; 

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





/* 

	Blankwin function 
	written by Alen Grakalic, provided by Css Globe (cssglobe.com)
	please visit http://cssglobe.com/post/1281/open-external-links-in-new-window-automatically/ for more info
	
*/

this.blankwin = function(){
	var hostname = window.location.hostname;
	hostname = hostname.replace("www.","").toLowerCase();
	var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a");	
	this.check = function(obj){
		var href = obj.href.toLowerCase();
		return (href.indexOf("http://")!=-1 && href.indexOf(hostname)==-1) ? true : false;				
	};
	this.set = function(obj){
		obj.target = "_blank";
		obj.className = "external";
	};	
	for (var i=0;i<a.length;i++){
		if(check(a[i])) set(a[i]);
	};		
};

// script initiates on page load. 

this.addEvent = function(obj,type,fn){
	if(obj.attachEvent){
		obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function(){obj['e'+type+fn](window.event );}
		obj.attachEvent('on'+type, obj[type+fn]);
	} else {
		obj.addEventListener(type,fn,false);
	};
};
addEvent(window,"load",blankwin);