Basic HTML Link Question

How do I create a link that when clicked will scroll down to a specific part of the same page? For example the link is at the top of the page and I want it to point to an item half way down the same page.

Thx

 

Enclose the item that you want to point to between the "a name tag":

<a name="item">blah blah blah</a>

Code (markup):

replace blah blah blah with the actual item...

Then link to this section of the page using this:

<a href="#item">link text</a>

Code (markup):

 

lol. Anchor Name Question after made 570 posts.

 

Yeah, this seems very strange to me too, but who knows ...


tayiper

 

You'll probably be shocked that my 570 posts did come from criticizing other people's shortcomings.

 

We are always learning, I will still be asking questions that some may think of as "simple" when I'm at 5000 posts.