diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b28f60f..0a25e26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Your Google Analytics ID goes here along with meta tags for [Google Webmaster To
 
 #### Top Navigation Links
 
-Edit page/post titles and URLs to include in the site's navigation. If you want to add links to other sites you can hardcode them into `navigation.html`.
+Edit page/post titles and URLs to include in the site's navigation. For external links add `external: true`.
 
 ``` yaml
 # sample top navigation links
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ links:
     url: /articles
   - title: Other Page
     url: /other-page
+  - title: External Link
+    url: http://mademistakes.com
+    external: true  
 ```
 
 #### Other Stuff
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 294dc68..ebe169b 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ google_verify:      UQj93ERU9zgECodaaXgVpkjrFn9UrDMEzVamacSoQ8Y
 # https://ssl.bing.com/webmaster/configure/verify/ownership Option 2 content= goes here
 bing_verify:        D81F4C18A6CB3018F64D7C827D953DFD   
 
-# Internal pages/posts to include in top navigation
+# Links to include in top navigation
+# For external links add external: true
 links:
   - title: About
     url: /about
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ links:
     url: /articles
   - title: Theme Setup
     url: /theme-setup
+  - title: Made Mistakes
+    url: http://mademistakes.com
+    external: true
 
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
 timezone:    America/New_York
diff --git a/_includes/navigation.html b/_includes/navigation.html
index b5cd4cc..4f5b563 100644
--- a/_includes/navigation.html
+++ b/_includes/navigation.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<nav role="navigation" id="site-nav" class="animated fadeInDown" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement">
 	    <ul>
 	        {% for link in site.links %}
-			<li><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ link.url }}">{{ link.title }}</a></li>
+			<li><a href="{% if link.external %}{{ link.url }}{% else %}{{ site.url }}{{ link.url }}{% endif %}" {% if link.external %}target="_blank"{% endif %}>{{ link.title }}</a></li>
 	        {% endfor %}
 	        <li><i class="icon-rss"></i> <a href="{{ site.url }}/feed.xml" title="Atom/RSS feed">Feed</a>
 	    </ul>
diff --git a/theme-setup.md b/theme-setup.md
index 88cc7cc..7b12b24 100644
--- a/theme-setup.md
+++ b/theme-setup.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Your Google Analytics ID goes here along with meta tags for [Google Webmaster To
 
 #### Top Navigation Links
 
-Edit page/post titles and URLs to include in the site's navigation. If you want to add links to other sites you can hardcode them into `navigation.html`.
+Edit page/post titles and URLs to include in the site's navigation. For external links add `external: true`.
 
 {% highlight yaml %}
 # sample top navigation links
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ links:
     url: /articles
   - title: Other Page
     url: /other-page
+  - title: External Link
+    url: http://mademistakes.com
+    external: true 
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 #### Other Stuff