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Old 06-12-2007, 08:10 PM
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For the life of me I cannot remember how to do this, but when I do a google search it brings up irrelevant results.

How do you code a link in HTML that will simply force the browser down the page? I remember it is something like:

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<a href="http://www.sitename.com/page.html#something">Anchor Text</a>
But where do you reference the "#something" to show where the browser needs to go? Do you attached it to the:

Code:
<p#something>
That just doesn't look right, haha!
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Old 06-12-2007, 08:22 PM
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Default Re: Navigational Links

Ah hah! With the help of this page, I was able to figure it out. In case anyone is interested, it is accomplished using the code here (lengthy to show scroll function):

Code:
<h1>Navigational Links Tutorial</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="#p1">Paragraph 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#p2">Paragraph 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#p3">Paragraph 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#p4">Paragraph 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#p5">Paragraph 5</a></li>
</ul>

<a name="p1"></a><p><h2>Paragraph 1</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nunc porttitor ipsum non tellus. Pellentesque auctor, lectus vel blandit gravida, nulla erat pharetra pede, in aliquet dui tellus quis nisi. Maecenas pulvinar. Donec ligula lectus, porttitor quis, porta in, dapibus at, augue. Fusce in arcu quis tortor fringilla feugiat. Nullam venenatis sem non ante. Sed sollicitudin. Phasellus adipiscing dui eu metus. Pellentesque ac turpis. Curabitur gravida nunc et massa. Donec sed tellus. Maecenas leo lectus, sollicitudin a, elementum quis, posuere congue, velit. Nam ullamcorper orci eget nisl.</p>
<a name="p2"></a><h2>Paragraph 2</h2>
<p>Praesent lacus lorem, malesuada at, ultrices non, aliquet vitae, mauris. Morbi elit. Sed sapien pede, porttitor sed, volutpat eget, vestibulum quis, velit. Vestibulum pretium sapien vitae nunc. Nullam nulla odio, consectetuer ullamcorper, elementum at, molestie ut, felis. Mauris augue odio, pretium at, gravida quis, viverra id, ligula. Mauris id sapien. Ut nisi. Fusce eros nibh, rutrum sed, convallis ut, vulputate eget, mi. Fusce auctor suscipit dolor. Aliquam cursus risus a nisl. Aliquam et felis at purus sodales condimentum.</p>
<a name="p3"></a><h2>Paragraph 3</h2>
<p>Phasellus auctor, nibh at faucibus bibendum, purus ante egestas orci, id imperdiet nunc sem id diam. Praesent urna lacus, porttitor at, ullamcorper et, mattis vitae, erat. Mauris ultrices, mauris sit amet dapibus volutpat, ligula mauris laoreet sapien, eu tempus mauris lorem ut quam. Aliquam in augue ac justo varius lobortis. Nunc viverra eros mattis metus. Nullam convallis. Aenean volutpat mauris sit amet erat. Nam nonummy dui et sem. Maecenas sagittis. Etiam sagittis nunc quis quam.</p>
<a name="p4"></a><h2>Paragraph 4</h2>
<p>Quisque augue risus, laoreet quis, scelerisque a, pellentesque a, ligula. Donec et risus pulvinar enim accumsan egestas. Nunc nec mi quis lectus mollis porttitor. Nunc tempus lobortis neque. Suspendisse odio turpis, facilisis ac, semper nec, congue eu, purus. Ut faucibus ultrices dolor. Sed eu lacus et lorem interdum laoreet. Maecenas congue neque quis odio. Sed turpis augue, feugiat quis, pharetra ac, ullamcorper sit amet, lectus. Curabitur id nunc ac dui elementum ultrices.</p>
<a name="p5"></a><h2>Paragraph 5</h2>
<p>Ut aliquam facilisis justo. Donec eu elit. Suspendisse potenti. Suspendisse potenti. Morbi eget lectus. Cras diam. Nam metus purus, congue nec, commodo vel, tempus a, odio. Curabitur eget urna. Pellentesque at tellus a metus laoreet facilisis. Nam vel leo eu dolor consequat porta. Nunc tincidunt diam et quam. Nullam vestibulum dapibus quam. Nunc gravida, est a egestas elementum, urna arcu luctus ipsum, sed ornare purus magna nec ante. In cursus tincidunt eros. Praesent blandit magna nec ligula. Nunc dapibus luctus dolor. Sed nunc felis, gravida sit amet, posuere vestibulum, suscipit vitae, sem. Donec vitae dui. Aliquam cursus ante nec ipsum. Morbi faucibus ultrices tellus.</p>
Voila - navigational links. I don't see it used that often. Is there a reason why? I think it would be great for SEO (keyword rich content), while making the page easy to read for the average surfer (keep it nice up top, more dense down below).
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Old 06-12-2007, 08:25 PM
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Default Re: Navigational Links

I just noticed that that way is deprecated. Will fix the code and repost shortly.

Update:
Code:
<h1>Navigational Links Tutorial</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="#p1">Paragraph 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#p2">Paragraph 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#p3">Paragraph 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#p4">Paragraph 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#p5">Paragraph 5</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="p1">Paragraph 1</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nunc porttitor ipsum non tellus. Pellentesque auctor, lectus vel blandit gravida, nulla erat pharetra pede, in aliquet dui tellus quis nisi. Maecenas pulvinar. Donec ligula lectus, porttitor quis, porta in, dapibus at, augue. Fusce in arcu quis tortor fringilla feugiat. Nullam venenatis sem non ante. Sed sollicitudin. Phasellus adipiscing dui eu metus. Pellentesque ac turpis. Curabitur gravida nunc et massa. Donec sed tellus. Maecenas leo lectus, sollicitudin a, elementum quis, posuere congue, velit. Nam ullamcorper orci eget nisl.</p>
<h2 id="p2">Paragraph 2</h2>
<p>Praesent lacus lorem, malesuada at, ultrices non, aliquet vitae, mauris. Morbi elit. Sed sapien pede, porttitor sed, volutpat eget, vestibulum quis, velit. Vestibulum pretium sapien vitae nunc. Nullam nulla odio, consectetuer ullamcorper, elementum at, molestie ut, felis. Mauris augue odio, pretium at, gravida quis, viverra id, ligula. Mauris id sapien. Ut nisi. Fusce eros nibh, rutrum sed, convallis ut, vulputate eget, mi. Fusce auctor suscipit dolor. Aliquam cursus risus a nisl. Aliquam et felis at purus sodales condimentum.</p>
<h2 id="p3">Paragraph 3</h2>
<p>Phasellus auctor, nibh at faucibus bibendum, purus ante egestas orci, id imperdiet nunc sem id diam. Praesent urna lacus, porttitor at, ullamcorper et, mattis vitae, erat. Mauris ultrices, mauris sit amet dapibus volutpat, ligula mauris laoreet sapien, eu tempus mauris lorem ut quam. Aliquam in augue ac justo varius lobortis. Nunc viverra eros mattis metus. Nullam convallis. Aenean volutpat mauris sit amet erat. Nam nonummy dui et sem. Maecenas sagittis. Etiam sagittis nunc quis quam.</p>
<h2 id="p4">Paragraph 4</h2>
<p>Quisque augue risus, laoreet quis, scelerisque a, pellentesque a, ligula. Donec et risus pulvinar enim accumsan egestas. Nunc nec mi quis lectus mollis porttitor. Nunc tempus lobortis neque. Suspendisse odio turpis, facilisis ac, semper nec, congue eu, purus. Ut faucibus ultrices dolor. Sed eu lacus et lorem interdum laoreet. Maecenas congue neque quis odio. Sed turpis augue, feugiat quis, pharetra ac, ullamcorper sit amet, lectus. Curabitur id nunc ac dui elementum ultrices.</p>
<h2 id="p5">Paragraph 5</h2>
<p>Ut aliquam facilisis justo. Donec eu elit. Suspendisse potenti. Suspendisse potenti. Morbi eget lectus. Cras diam. Nam metus purus, congue nec, commodo vel, tempus a, odio. Curabitur eget urna. Pellentesque at tellus a metus laoreet facilisis. Nam vel leo eu dolor consequat porta. Nunc tincidunt diam et quam. Nullam vestibulum dapibus quam. Nunc gravida, est a egestas elementum, urna arcu luctus ipsum, sed ornare purus magna nec ante. In cursus tincidunt eros. Praesent blandit magna nec ligula. Nunc dapibus luctus dolor. Sed nunc felis, gravida sit amet, posuere vestibulum, suscipit vitae, sem. Donec vitae dui. Aliquam cursus ante nec ipsum. Morbi faucibus ultrices tellus.</p>
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:06 PM
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Default Re: Navigational Links

Glad we could help. hee hee!
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Old 06-23-2007, 10:46 AM
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That's called "chatting out loud" hehehe :-) We all do it :-)
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Old 06-25-2007, 08:34 AM
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Default Re: Navigational Links

To anyone looking to utilize this strategy in their writing, be sure to read SEO Gerry's post about using them to help organic linking.
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