External URL in Nav menu not working

Question

I'm trying to get a menu link to redirect as target=_blank but it just won't seem to work. It works if I put this code in its own html file, but not when it is on my site

It is the "Example" menu link I am having trouble with.

<!-- Nav -->
  <nav id="navigation" class="animated fadeInUpBig shadow">
    <ul id="nav">
      <li class="current shadow"><a href="#section-1">Home</a></li>
      <li class="shadow"><a href="#section-2">About</a></li>
      <li class="shadow"><a href="#section-3">Services</a></li>
      <li class="shadow"><a href="#section-4">Events</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Example</a></li>
      <li class="shadow"><a href="#section-6">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>

Here is everything that mentions target in my JS

getHash: function($link) {
            return $link.attr('href').split('#')[1];
        },

getPositions: function() {
            var self = this;
            var linkHref;
            var topPos;
            var $target;

            self.$nav.each(function() {
                linkHref = self.getHash($(this));
                $target = $('#' + linkHref);

                if($target.length) {
                    topPos = $target.offset().top;
                    self.sections[linkHref] = Math.round(topPos) - self.config.scrollOffset;

handleClick: function(e) {
            var self = this;
            var $link = $(e.currentTarget);
            var $parent = $link.parent();
            var newLoc = '#' + self.getHash($link);

Answer 1

A quick search for those function names leads me to believe that you are using jQuery-One-Page-Nav - that is meant as navigation for a single page website with only internal links.
According to the readme file for jQuery-One-Page-Nav, you need to add a class named "external" to the link in order to get an external page link to work:

<li><a href="http://google.com" class="external">Some other link</a></li>

Popping that into a new tab should be a simple adjustment from there:

<li><a href="http://www.google.com" class="external" target="_blank">Example</a></li>