//make target="_blank" validate in XHTML strict by replacing rel="external" with target="_blank" a la JS
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";
	}
}


/* 
Derived from a script by Alejandro Gervasio. 
Modified to work in FireFox by Stefan Mischook for Killersites.com

How it works: just apply the CSS class of 'column' to your pages' main columns.
*/
matchColumns=function()
{
     var divs,contDivs,maxHeight,divHeight,d; 
	
     // get all <div> elements in the document 
     divs=document.getElementsByTagName('div'); 

     contDivs=[]; 

     // initialize maximum height value 
     maxHeight=0; 

     // iterate over all <div> elements in the document 
     for(var i=0;i<divs.length;i++)
	 { 
          // make collection with <div> elements with class attribute 'container' 
          if ( ( /\bleft_content\b/.test(divs[i].className) ) ||
   			   ( /\bright_content\b/.test(divs[i].className) ) )
		  { 
                d=divs[i]; 
                contDivs[contDivs.length]=d; 

                // determine height for <div> element 
                if(d.offsetHeight)
                     divHeight=d.offsetHeight; 
                else if(d.style.pixelHeight) 
                     divHeight=d.style.pixelHeight;	

                // calculate maximum height 
                maxHeight=Math.max(maxHeight,divHeight); 
          } 
     } 
	 
     // assign maximum height value to all of container <div> elements 
     for(var i=0;i<contDivs.length;i++)
          contDivs[i].style.height=maxHeight + "px"; 
} 

// Runs the script when page loads
window.onload=function()
{
     externalLinks();
	 if(document.getElementsByTagName) 
          matchColumns();
}