// ***********************************************************
// Function to use external linking (same as target="_blank")
// in a XHTML Strict Document which no longer includes the
// target attribute.
// Usage : <a href="http://www.me.com" rel="external">
// Call in xhtml page: 
// <script type="text/javascript" src="/external.js"></script>
// ***********************************************************

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;

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]);
	};		
};