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How to link to a specific point in a web page?

minerva_windsong
minerva_windsong Posts: 3,808 Forumite
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Does anyone know how to link to a specific point in a web page (rather than just the top of the page)? It's in the Expression Engine CMS and using HTML.

Thanks!
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Loose = the opposite of tight (eg "These trousers feel a little loose")
Lose = the opposite of find/gain (eg "I'm going to lose weight this year")

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,611 Forumite
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    Hi,

    In html you can code like this
    <a name="Part_1"></a> Part one of page

    <a name="Part_2"></a> Part two of page


    then do
    <a href="#Part 1">How does part 1 work?</a>

    or as a url http://domain/mainpage#Part_1
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  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    debitcardmayhem wrote: »

    In html you can code like this
    <a name="Part_1"></a> Part one of page

    <a name="Part_2"></a> Part two of page
    The above creates link destinations
    debitcardmayhem wrote: »
    then do
    <a href="#Part 1">How does part 1 work?</a>

    or as a url http://domain/mainpage#Part_1
    The above creates link origins
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  • minerva_windsong
    minerva_windsong Posts: 3,808 Forumite
    Cheers :)

    So just to clarify, I'd do this:
    <a name="Part_1"></a> Part one of page

    <a name="Part_2"></a> Part two of page

    on the page I want to link to? And this:
    <a href="#Part 1">How does part 1 work?</a>

    or as a url http://domain/mainpage#Part_1

    on the page I want to link from?
    "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister
    Married my best friend 1st November 2014
    Loose = the opposite of tight (eg "These trousers feel a little loose")
    Lose = the opposite of find/gain (eg "I'm going to lose weight this year")
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,611 Forumite
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    minerva_windsong wrote: »
    Cheers :)

    So just to clarify, I'd do this:



    on the page I want to link to? And this:



    on the page I want to link from?
    Yes that's it
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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,611 Forumite
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    edited 24 September 2010 at 12:03PM
    Just to clarify a bit

    This is the page you have --
    ==========================
    <HTML>
    <a name="Top"></a>
    <a href="#Part_1"> goto to Part One </a>
    <a href="#Part_2"> goto to Part Two </a>
    Top of page lots
    lots
    of
    stuff
    ...
    more stuff
    ...
    <a name="Part_1"> Part one of page</a>
    more part
    more prt1
    ...
    <a name="Part_2"> Part two of page</a>
    more part 2
    ....
    .....
    blah blah
    blah

    then you could say
    <a href="#Top">Back to top</a>
    </HTML>
    ==============================

    so above you can flip from the start to part 1 or part 2 then at the end you can go back to the top . The hash(#) resolves to "this Page"

    now on another page you could do this -

    <a href="http://mywebname.something/pageabovename#Part_1&quot; This is Part one </a>
    <a href="http://mywebname.something/pageabovename#Part_2&quot; This is Part two </a>


    There you go
    Edit moved my </a>'s ...... bad morning TFI Friday
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