quick syntax question

[Ian Davies]

whats the syntax for a link to a bookmark on a page FROM A SEPARATE PAGE

thanks
ian

 

[Sid Ismail]

: whats the syntax for a link to a bookmark on a page FROM A SEPARATE PAGE


"The NAME attribute defines a destination for a link. For example, a
document containing..."

Quick - get here for the rest:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/special/a.html

Sid

 

[Jim Moe]

whats the syntax for a link to a bookmark on a page FROM A SEPARATE PAGE

<a href="http://example.com/separate-page.html#bookmark">

 

[dorayme]

: whats the syntax for a link to a bookmark on a page FROM A SEPARATE PAGE


"The NAME attribute defines a destination for a link. For example, a
document containing..."

Quick - get here for the rest:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/special/a.html

Sid

Simplest is to use id:

<H1 ID=foo>My heading</H1>

instead of

<H1><A NAME=foo>My Heading</A></H1>

but some browsers (I forget which ones and how old) do not
understand it. The idea to use both to cover such situations
might seem silly to me (perhaps simpler to use name in that case)
but there may be additional benefits for id to do with scripts?
And to avoid - at least in a lot of modern browsers - unwanted
anchor behaviour...

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

Simplest is to use id:

<H1 ID=foo>My heading</H1>

instead of

<H1><A NAME=foo>My Heading</A></H1>

but some browsers (I forget which ones and how old) do not
understand it. The idea to use both to cover such situations
might seem silly to me (perhaps simpler to use name in that case)
but there may be additional benefits for id to do with scripts?
And to avoid - at least in a lot of modern browsers - unwanted
anchor behaviour...

Which one is "strict"?

 

[dorayme]

Which one is "strict"?

Ask a precise question. Or I won't put in a sweet word for you
with Heather...

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

Ask a precise question. Or I won't put in a sweet word for you
with Heather...

You wrote about the advantages/disadvantages
of using one of the following alternatives
<a name="..">description</a>
or <a id="..">description</a>
so I asked
whether the former or the latter complies with the requirements to validate
as HTML 4.01 strict.
Or are they both accepted?

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

You wrote about the advantages/disadvantages
of using one of the following alternatives
<a name="..">description</a>
or <a id="..">description</a>
so I asked
whether the former or the latter complies with the requirements to validate
as HTML 4.01 strict.
Or are they both accepted?

Both are acceptable, just that the latter maybe preferred because you
don't have to add an 'A' element solely for providing an anchor, but can
assign an anchor via the id of the referenced block.

Instead of this:

<!-- addition of extra element solely for creating anchors -->
<a name="myAnchor"> </a><h2>Some section</h2>
<p>....

use this:

<!-- Use the existing H2, not extra element needed -->
<h2 id="myAnchor">Some section</h2>
<p>....

 

[dorayme]

You wrote about the advantages/disadvantages
of using one of the following alternatives
<a name="..">description</a>
or <a id="..">description</a>
so I asked
whether the former or the latter complies with the requirements to validate
as HTML 4.01 strict.
Or are they both accepted?

Both. (I will now put in a good word for you with Heather who is
a very close gossip friend of mine).

 

[Toby Inkster]

<H1 ID=foo>My Heading</H1>
but some browsers (I forget which ones and how old) do not
understand it.

The only *vaguely* significant one is, IIRC, Netscape 4.x.