Opens external links in new window

external-link.js

// If the link being clicked is external its opened in a new window
// http://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/open-external-links-in-new-window 
    $('a')
        .bind('click', function(event) {
        
           var a = new RegExp('/' + window.location.host + '/'); 
       
           if(!a.test(this.href)) {
              event.preventDefault();
              window.open(this.href, '_blank');
            }
       
        });