Back to previous point on page

G

Guest

Hello,

I am trying to do the following:
On a relatively long page, I have several bookmark links to enable the user
to jump from a certain point located higher on that page to a point further
down the page. So far so good. But once I am at the bookmarked point further
down on the page, how can I get back up to the original "jumping-off" point
(for lack of a better word)without inserting/creating another bookmark/link?

When I use the IE 7.0 back button (the left-pointing arrow), the jumping-off
point is displayed for a very brief moment (1 sec or so), and then it
switches to show me the very top of the page again.

Is there a way for example to tell Frontpage to make the IE back button go
back to the jumping-off point rather than the top of the page. I do believe
that I have been to websites that do exactly that, but I am not a very
proficient web designer at all, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in
advance!
 
G

Guest

So - what would you suggest instead, i.e. is there a halfway elegant way to
do this in a different way? Thanks again!
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

You would have to create a return bookmark to link to.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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G

Guest

Murray & Thomas, Thanks.

Not what I had hoped for because I hoped to avoid another return bookmark,
but hey, what can you do! In any case thanks for responding! Have a good one!
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

You would manually or via script create a return bookmark for each bookmark.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================
 
M

Murray

We are hampered by not knowing precisely how the page is constrained, but I
was assuming that any given named anchor could be accessed from a variety of
different start points. Maybe I was wrong in that?
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Actually, you could link back to the original anchor if the bookmark is only linked to from a single
anchor.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================
 
G

Guest

Ok, here is an overview of what the page looks like, maybe this helps with
explaining what I would like to do.

It is basically a family tree with a lot of names in list form:

Carl Smith married Jane Doe
- Gary Smith, born 1728, died...
- Michael Smith married Jane Smith (also see below under line for Max
Smith)
- Mary Smith, born 1768, died 1818 (also see below under line for Max
Smith)
- Tom Smith, born 1770, died 1717 (also see below under line for Max
Smith)
- ...
- ...
Max Smith married Cora Miller
Jane Smith married Michael Smith (also see above under line for Carl
Smith)
- [BOOKMARK] Mary Smith, born 1768, died 1818 (also see above under line
for Carl Smith)
- [BOOKMARK] Tom Smith, born 1770, died 1717 (also see below under
line for
Carl Smith)
- ...
- ...

Now, as you can see, a few generations back two first cousins were married
to each other, resulting in their's and their children's names appearing
twice in this tree. I wanted to be able to achieve the following:
'Mary Smith (also see below, under Max Smith's line)', with 'Max Smith's
line' being the hyperlink that makes me jump to the "Mary Smith" bookmark in
the Max Smith line. The same for all the other people that appear twice in
that family tree... And then be able to go back to the respective jumping off
point.

However, because it is also possible to simply scroll down that page and
arrive at the 'Mary Smith' entry in the Max Smith line without using a link
to the respective bookmark, inserting what you call a return bookmark would
not make sense because it would not transport the viewer back to where he/she
came from but to a point he might not have been before. It would more so
confuse the user than be helpful.... I guess I would need some kind of
dynamic back button that "remembers" where the user was before (a previous
page, top of the page or one of my jumping off points...).

I hope I am explaining this right. Please ask, if not. Thank you for all
your help.
 
T

Trevor L.

Schnarpsel said:
Ok, here is an overview of what the page looks like, maybe this helps with
explaining what I would like to do. [snip]

Now, as you can see, a few generations back two first cousins were married
to each other, resulting in their's and their children's names appearing
twice in this tree. I wanted to be able to achieve the following:
'Mary Smith (also see below, under Max Smith's line)', with 'Max Smith's
line' being the hyperlink that makes me jump to the "Mary Smith" bookmark
in
the Max Smith line. The same for all the other people that appear twice in
that family tree... And then be able to go back to the respective jumping
off
point.

However, because it is also possible to simply scroll down that page and
arrive at the 'Mary Smith' entry in the Max Smith line without using a
link
to the respective bookmark, inserting what you call a return bookmark
would
not make sense because it would not transport the viewer back to where
he/she
came from but to a point he might not have been before. It would more so
confuse the user than be helpful.... I guess I would need some kind of
dynamic back button that "remembers" where the user was before (a previous
page, top of the page or one of my jumping off points...).

I hope I am explaining this right. Please ask, if not. Thank you for all
your help.
Click to expand...

Yes, I can see what you mean.

But why not put a link in each that doesn't say "forward to" or "back to"
but simply
"related entry"

e.g.
Jane Smith has a link to Max Smith's entry
and
Max Smith has a link to Jane Smith's entry

That way, if the visitor enters at Jane Smith and clicks on the link to Max
Smith, they can then click on the link to Jane Smith to get back (or not as
they decide)
And if the visitor enters at Max Smith and clicks on the link to Jane Smith,
they can then click on the link to Max Smith to get back (or not as they
decide)

But I believe another poster said he would look at a script to do it. So
let's hope that your needs can be met.

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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G

Guest

I like your solution. This might indeed be the simplest way to achieve this.
I would love to see a script solution to this but if this is not possible, I
will definitely go with your idea. Thank you for taking the blinders off my
eyes with this. :)



Trevor L. said:
Schnarpsel said:
Ok, here is an overview of what the page looks like, maybe this helps with
explaining what I would like to do. [snip]

Now, as you can see, a few generations back two first cousins were married
to each other, resulting in their's and their children's names appearing
twice in this tree. I wanted to be able to achieve the following:
'Mary Smith (also see below, under Max Smith's line)', with 'Max Smith's
line' being the hyperlink that makes me jump to the "Mary Smith" bookmark
in
the Max Smith line. The same for all the other people that appear twice in
that family tree... And then be able to go back to the respective jumping
off
point.

However, because it is also possible to simply scroll down that page and
arrive at the 'Mary Smith' entry in the Max Smith line without using a
link
to the respective bookmark, inserting what you call a return bookmark
would
not make sense because it would not transport the viewer back to where
he/she
came from but to a point he might not have been before. It would more so
confuse the user than be helpful.... I guess I would need some kind of
dynamic back button that "remembers" where the user was before (a previous
page, top of the page or one of my jumping off points...).

I hope I am explaining this right. Please ask, if not. Thank you for all
your help.
Click to expand...

Yes, I can see what you mean.

But why not put a link in each that doesn't say "forward to" or "back to"
but simply
"related entry"

e.g.
Jane Smith has a link to Max Smith's entry
and
Max Smith has a link to Jane Smith's entry

That way, if the visitor enters at Jane Smith and clicks on the link to Max
Smith, they can then click on the link to Jane Smith to get back (or not as
they decide)
And if the visitor enters at Max Smith and clicks on the link to Jane Smith,
they can then click on the link to Max Smith to get back (or not as they
decide)

But I believe another poster said he would look at a script to do it. So
let's hope that your needs can be met.

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
 

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