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;

$(document).ready(function(){
	
	//set class for links to external sites and other document types
	$('#members_left a[href^="http://"]').addClass('external2').attr('target', '_blank');
	$('#members_left a[href$=".pdf"]').addClass('pdf2').attr('target','_blank');
	$('#members_left a[href$=".ppt"]').addClass('powerpoint').attr('target','_blank');
	$('#members_left a[href$=".doc"]').addClass('word').attr('target','_blank');
	$('#members_left a[href$=".xls"]').addClass('excel').attr('target','_blank');
	$('#members_left a[href$=".csv"]').addClass('excel').attr('target','_blank');
	



}); // close document ready