$(document).ready(function(){
$('a.external').click(function(){
        window.open(this.href);
        return false;
    });               
});	


/*Create the new window*/
function openInNewWindow() {
	// Change "_blank" to something like "newWindow" to load all links in the same new window
    var newWindow = window.open(this.getAttribute('href'), '_blank');
    newWindow.focus();
    return false;
}

/*Add the openInNewWindow function to the onclick event of links with a class name of "new-window"*/
function getNewWindowLinks() {
	// Check that the browser is DOM compliant
	if (document.getElementById && document.createElement && document.appendChild) {
		// Change this to the text you want to use to alert the user that a new window will be opened
		var strNewWindowAlert = " (opens in a new window)";
		// Find all links
		var links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
		var objWarningText;
		var strWarningText;
		var link;
		for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
			link = links[i];
			// Find all links with a class name of "non-html"
			if (/\bnon\-html\b/.exec(link.className)) {
				// Create an em element containing the new window warning text and insert it after the link text
				objWarningText = document.createElement("em");
				strWarningText = document.createTextNode(strNewWindowAlert);
				objWarningText.appendChild(strWarningText);
				link.appendChild(objWarningText);
				link.onclick = openInNewWindow;
			}
		}
		objWarningText = null;
	}
}

addEvent(window, 'load', getNewWindowLinks);