XHTML 1.0 Strict Open in New Window

Python

Just come across a bit of a problem...

XHTML Strict 1.0 has dropped the target="" tag meaning I cant open extrenal links in a new window.

I tried using the following Javscript to do it which worked but then it says that the code isnt valid XHTML. The javascript code throws it off...

function externalLinks() { 
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return; 
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); 
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) { 
   var anchor = anchors[i]; 
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && 
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") 
     anchor.target = "_blank"; 
 } 
} 
window.onload = externalLinks;

How can the above code be corrected to be compliant or maybe a different way around it?

Thanks

tony

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/standards-compliant-world/3
http://accessify.com/features/tutorials/the-perfect-popup/

may be of use?

pfgannon

WOW I'm pretty good about XHTML bu I had no idea that the taget tag had been deprecated.

ryan

god thats news to me