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"; 
   }
 } 
}