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;

////Contact Form Validation/////////////////////////////////////
function validEmail(email) {
	invalidChars = " /:,;"
	
	if (email == "") {// cannot be empty
				return false
	}
	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {	// does it contain any invalid characters?
	badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)
		if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {
			return false
		}
	}
	atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)			// there must be one "@" symbol
		if (atPos == -1) {
			return false
		}
		if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) {	// and only one "@" symbol
			return false
		}
	periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
		if (periodPos == -1) {			// and at least one "." after the "@"
			return false
		}
		if (periodPos+3 > email.length)	{	// must be at least 2 characters after the "."
			return false
		}
	return true
}

function valFrm() {
	var fname = document.frmContact.r_FirstName;
	var lname = document.frmContact.r_LastName;
	var address = document.frmContact.r_Address;
	var city = document.frmContact.r_City;
	var statename = document.frmContact.r_State;
	var zip = document.frmContact.r_ZipCode;
	var phone = document.frmContact.r_HomePhone;
	var email = document.frmContact.re_Email;
	var comments = document.frmContact.comments;
	
	if (fname.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your first name.");
		fname.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (lname.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your last name.");
		lname.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (address.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your address.");
		address.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (city.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your city.");
		city.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (statename.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your state.");
		statename.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (zip.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your zip/postal code.");
		zip.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (phone.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter your phone number.");
		phone.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (!validEmail(email.value)) {
	alert("Please enter a valid e-mail address.")
	email.focus();
	email.select();
	return false;
	}
	if (comments.value == "") {
		alert("Please enter a message.");
		comments.focus();
		return false;
	}
	return true;		
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////