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";
 }
}