// <a rel="external? href="http://blahblah.com">new link</a>
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"; 
  } 
 } 
 window.onload = externalLinks;