Link to Middle of Page

[kimsmith]

How can I set up a link that will start in the middle of a page?

[krak_d]

Hi kimsmith and welcome to the forums,

is it a link from one part of a page on your site to another you are after or a page onLoad starting at a specific point?

krak_d

[kimsmith]

It would be a link from another page. The top has some information about 1 dog and the bottom has information about another dog. I've got links set on 4 different sites linking back to this page. I was wondering if you can link to the middle of a page.

[krak_d]

Its not possible with html to link to the middle of a page on another site unless the anchors are in place first.
However XML linking specifications known as XLink and Xpointer expand on current html-based links. eg. you can link to a place inside a document even if the author didnt create an id.

A search on the subject may provide you with better info but im not sure how well supported it is.


To jump within one site you need the following.

The hyperlink text:

<a href="yourpage.html#yourNamedAnchor">TEXT HERE</a>

The anchor placed in your code where you want the link to jump to:

<a name="yourNamedAnchor"></a>

As long as the anchors are in place on the page you want to link to then you can set up a link to it!

hope this helps.
krak_d

[HTML]

on the page you want opened in the middle you will need to insert the below code exactly at the position you would like the page opened at.

<a name="#callitwhatyouwant"></a>

your links should read

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/yourpage.html#callitwhatyouwant">link</a>

Dave

[HTML]

you beat me

[coothead]

Hi there kimsmith,

Try adding this code to the body tag of the page to which you are linking....

onload="location.href= '#foo'"

...then place this code in the appropriate position of your page...

<a id="foo"></a>

coothead

[coothead]

Old coothead is last again

[HTML]

Old coothead is last again

It is hard to keep up with the youngsters, Krak beats us every time

( I have no problem with that )

[kimsmith]

That worked great. I had the a name right but I was adding the link wrong. Thanks for your help.

[Geno_3245]

I am having a problem getting the code to work

I want link on page1 to open at specific spot on page2

On line 468 in page1
I wrote: <a href="http://mysite/mypage.html#identifier">text</a>

On line 367 of page2
I wrote: <a name="#identifier"></a>

The link takes me to page2, but it doesn't open at specific spot

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[coothead]

Hi there Geno_3245,

and warm welcome to these forums.

if you give us a link to the problematic site, we may possibly be able to assist you.