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wesbaker on 07/08/08


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Valid External Links

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  1. <script type="text/javascript">
  2. 	function externalLinks() {
  3. 		if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
  4. 		var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
  5. 		for each (anchor in anchors) {
  6. 			if (anchor.getAttribute('href') && anchor.getAttribute('rel') == 'external') {
  7. 				anchor.target = '_blank';
  8. 			}
  9. 		}
  10. 	}
  11.  
  12. 	window.onload = externalLinks;
  13. </script>

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Posted By: heinz1959 on July 10, 2008

Again: the "_blank" attribute through the JavaScript backdoor. Better (?) include onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" inside the a href. This is longer, but XHTML and DOM compliant.

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