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";
    }
  } 
}