Open all external links in a new window
$('a').each(function() {
// The link's href
var theHref = $(this).attr('href').toLowerCase();
// The current domain
var currentDomain = window.location.host;
// Kill any subdomains
var noSubDomain = currentDomain.match(/[^\.]*\.[^.]*$/)[0];
// Create a new (case insensitive) regex from the clean domain
var theDomain = new RegExp(noSubDomain, 'gi');
if(/^https?/gi.test(theHref)) {
// This link is using HTTP/HTTPs and is probably external
if(theDomain.test(theHref)) {
// Do nothing. For some reason, this site is using absolute internal links
} else {
$(this).attr('target', '_blank');
}
}
});