[thelist] Handling external links with JS
Brian Cummiskey
Brian at hondaswap.com
Thu Feb 5 10:10:21 CST 2004
I created/found/messed with/tweaked a simple function to handle external
links without using a <a "rel=external" href..."> or a target attribute
to keep a xhtml strict DTD.
It works great for notmydomain.com sites.
function handleExternalLinks(){
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
var i, href;
for(i=0; i < anchors.length; i++){
if(!anchors[i].href) continue;
href = anchors[i].href;
if(href.indexOf("mydomain.com") == -1){ // Href is not a
file on my server
if(href.indexOf("javascript:") == -1){ // Href
is not a javascript call
if(!anchors[i].onclick){ // Href does
not have an onclick event
if(href.indexOf("mailto:") ==
-1){ // Href is not a mailto:
if(href.indexOf("http://") != -1){ // Href is not relative (for Safari)
anchors[i].setAttribute("target","_blank");
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Now, I want to add one more attribute to this: If the link is to a file
called "mydomain.com/out.php" to open in a new window (as out.php, is a
counter++ then a header re-direct to a passed query string url to
someotherdomain.com)
I tried adding:
if(href.indexOf("out.php") == 1){ // Href is on an out page
To no avail.
Any suggestions?
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