// functions below may be jquery based or straight javascript
$(document).ready(function() {
  
   // do stuff when DOM is ready
   //alert('jquery Active. DOM is ready!');
   
   // XHTML COMPLIANT fix for target=”_blank”
   $("a[@rel~='external']").click(function(){
     window.open($(this).attr("href"));
     return false;
   });
   
   // DROP SHADOW FILTER
   $(document).ready(function(){
     $("img.dropshadow").wrap("<div class='wrap1'><div class='wrap2'>" +
       "<div class='wrap3'></div></div></div>");
   });
   
});