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Add target="_blank" to external links with pure JavaScript.
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function targetBlank() { | |
// remove subdomain of current site's url and setup regex | |
var internal = location.host.replace("www.", ""); | |
internal = new RegExp(internal, "i"); | |
var a = document.getElementsByTagName('a'); // then, grab every link on the page | |
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { | |
var href = a[i].host; // set the host of each link | |
if( !internal.test(href) ) { // make sure the href doesn't contain current site's host | |
a[i].setAttribute('target', '_blank'); // if it doesn't, set attributes | |
} | |
} | |
}; |
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