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 Mar 8 2008, 11:49 PM
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Like down on page three or maybe page fourty seven of a web page. Am I making sense here? For example if I wanted somebody to find the term Command Line Editing It is located at the bottom of this web page. Mod Edit: Topic moved to more appropriate forum~ TMacK This post has been edited by TMacK: Mar 9 2008, 01:41 PM --------------------   |
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Mar 10 2008, 08:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 21-February 08 From: USA Member No.: 191,706 |
Yes. You are making sense and that is a good thing to do -- link to a precise place in a page.
I haven't done that yet but here are some links that will show you the way. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html http://www.echoecho.com/htmllinks08.htm It is one of those things on my list of things to learn. I haven't learned it yet but one day I want to send people to a specific term or place on the page. That would be an anchor. Wysi 
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Mar 10 2008, 10:13 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 5-January 07 From: North Carolina and Wakayama, Japan Member No.: 104,807 |
Those are informative HTML tutorials
I am still missing something... I understand the wording and linking but the anchoring is fuzzy say you wanted to link to Table 8-1 Operating System Commands located at http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/usergeng/08ugch8.htm <A><Table Border="3"> <caption><a name="530"> Table 8-1 <br>Operating System Commands<p> </a> I am either missing the big picture or the little picture. Also, it is what you do when you have a long page with a table of contents and you link the contents to places in the document. EDITED because my brain is about two minutes time delayed with my hands typing This post has been edited by Martel: Mar 10 2008, 10:16 PM -------------------- |
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Mar 12 2008, 10:22 AM
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If you are asking whether or not you can link to an anchor on another page, you can. You just have to make sure all anchors are set up and you're linking to them correctly.
But to answer your question, yes, it is often used to in essence break up a very long page in certain sections to help viewers find the information they want quicker, without having to search the whole page for one certain section. Now, to your anchors are fuzzy, what do you mean? I've used them often in some times I've done, so I can help explain it to you better if necessary.  --------------------  "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." E. B. White (1899 - 1985) |
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Mar 12 2008, 03:00 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,767 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Quick and Dirty Tutorial on Anchors:
HTML <a name="section1"></a> Placing the above code at the beginning of section 1 of your document will create an anchor to that exact spot. HTML <a href="#section1">Go To Section 1</a> This code points to the anchor you just made. Notice the # symbol, that's a must. So, let's say you wanted to create a table of contents for your page. You would do something like this: HTML Table of Contents: <a href="#section1">Section 1</a> <a href="#section2">Section 2</a> <a href="#section3">Section 3</a> <a name="section1"></a>Welcome To Section 1! ... ... ... <a name="section2"></a>Welcome To Section 2! ... ... ... <a name="section3"></a>Welcome To Section 3! It's really easy once you nail it down. This post has been edited by Amazing Andrew: Mar 12 2008, 03:06 PM -------------------- root@bleepingcomputer>./sig_file
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Mar 12 2008, 03:03 PM
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Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,767 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Also, for the specific page/section you mentioned in you post, the hyperlink to it would be: http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/usergeng/08ugch8.htm#279
Note how the #279 is added to the end of the regular address. -------------------- root@bleepingcomputer>./sig_file
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Mar 12 2008, 08:14 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 5-January 07 From: North Carolina and Wakayama, Japan Member No.: 104,807 |
That is Amazing Andrew.
How did you know to use the 279 Oh wait </a><a name="279"> <h3> Extended Command Line Editing</h3> This post has been edited by Martel: Mar 12 2008, 08:28 PM -------------------- |
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Mar 13 2008, 03:17 PM
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Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,767 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Exactly!
Here's a little trick to find the anchors in a page: Create a new bookmark in your browser. Paste this into the bookmark's location field (the URL part): CODE java script:(function(){var atags,i,name,a; anchs = document.anchors; for(i=0; i<anchs.length; ++i) { a = anchs[i]; name = a.name; a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(%22#%22 + name)); a.style.border = %221px solid%22; a.href = %22#%22 + name; } })(); Note: Remove the space between "java" and "script" in the above code. The forum software adds it for security purposes. Also, the code should all be on one line, but it wraps around here. Now save the bookmark. Now you can use that bookmark on any page and it will turn all the anchors on the page into visible links! This post has been edited by Amazing Andrew: Mar 13 2008, 03:20 PM -------------------- root@bleepingcomputer>./sig_file
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Mar 18 2008, 09:05 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 5-January 07 From: North Carolina and Wakayama, Japan Member No.: 104,807 |
Thank you for the information.
Sorry it took so long for me to get back here. I have been struggling with a hard drive trying to rescue files, ..to no avail. (arrg) -------------------- |
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