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";
 }
 return;
}