How do I link to a bookmarked part of a different page in frontpa.

G

Guest

I followed the instructions to the letter and can only go to the new page,
but not the bookmarked place on the page. How can I do this?
 
V

Viken Karaguesian

Generally speaking, if you want to link to a bookmark, you would type
in the pages name followed by #nameofbookmark. So, if I had a page
named "page.htm" with a bookmark named "bookmark", my link would look
like this:

<a href="page.htm#bookmark">

Using the WSYWYG interface, you would, go to Insert--> Hyperlink. Then
in the space where it says "Address" type in page.htm#bookmark.

Hope this helps.

Viken K.
http://home.comcast.net/~vikenk
www.sayatnova.com
 
G

Guest

Thanks. That's precisely what I did. However, it takes me to the top of the
new page, and not to where the bookmark is. That's why I'm so confused...
 
K

Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]

Make sure your bookmark name is 8 characters or less, and contains no
special characters or spaces.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

When you view the page normally in the browser, is the bookmarked text also viewable, if so then the
browser may not jump directly to the bookmark. You have no control over this.

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G

Guest

So you're telling me I can link to the page, but not to the area on the page
that is of interest?
 
K

Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]

No, he is saying the page with the bookmark on it may be to short to jump
down to the bookmark.
 
V

Viken Karaguesian

Check your capitalizaton. index.htm#Pick and index.htm#pick are different.

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T

Trevor L.

Steve said:
So you're telling me I can link to the page, but not to the area on
the page that is of interest?

Well, it works for me

I have a page named album.html

On it are many anchors
e.g.
<a id="Show1"></a>
<a id="Show2"></a>
<a id="Show3"></a>
<a id="Show4"></a>

This reference will go to "Show2"
<a href="album.html#Show2">
 
G

Guest

Unfortunately not. I'm coding the site with an intention of buying the
hosting and setting it up in a month or so. Thanks anyway.
 
V

Viken Karaguesian

Unfortunately not. I'm coding the site with an intention of buying the
hosting and setting it up in a month or so. Thanks anyway.

How about copying and pasting some code in this NG?
 
G

Guest

I used the design mode, but here is some code for one of these links:
<P><STRONG>A handful of useful <a href="Philosophy.htm#Links">links</a> on
Aikido are provided at the bottom of the
Philosophy page.</STRONG></P>

Thanks
 
G

Guest

This is also the code for the target link:

<P><em style="font-style: normal"><strong><a name="Links"></a>The links
below may be helpful for further information:</strong></em></P>
</FONT>
 
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Viken Karaguesian

Works perfectly fine for me. I took your code, copied and pasted it into new
pages, and tested it. It works as expected. See here:
http://home.comcast.net/~vikenk/page01.htm

A word of advice in general. Stick with all lower case letters for file
names and link names. Your page may work properly in your computer but, once
published, captialization mistakes will break your links. I learned this the
hard way. I only use lower case, and no spaces in my file names.

Viken K.
http://home.homcast.net/~vikenk
www.sayatnova.com

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G

Guest

Thanks. I guess I'll have to wait for my site to be up and test it there.
Appreciate the help.

Steve
 

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