Force all external links to open into a new tab

link.js

$(function() {
    $('body').on('click', 'a', function(e) {
        //host will be empty if it's like a <a href="#"> type tag that has no path
        //those should execute
        //if host is set, and different than current, force to a new tab.
        if (e.target.host && e.target.host != location.host) {
            console.log('Opening external link');
            e.preventDefault();
            window.open(e.target.href, '_blank');
            return false;
        }
    });
});