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Standard Compliant Way to Open A New Page Function

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This function allows you to open a new window, without using any inline Javascript. Simply add rel="external" to the link you wish to open in a new window.

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  1. function doStandardsCompliantExternalLinks() {
  2. 	if (!document.getElementsByTagName) {return;}
  3. 	var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
  4. 	for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
  5. 		if (anchors[i].getAttribute("href") && anchors[i].getAttribute("rel") == "external") {// for example: title="Download Adobe Reader" rel="external"
  6. 			anchors[i].target = "_blank";
  7. 			anchors[i].title += " - Opens in new window";
  8. 		}
  9. 	}
  10. }

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