which is better?

The Bicycling Guitarist · Nov 8, 2004

Either way I don't have overlapping tags, but I wonder which is more
esthetically and / or logically pleasing?

<a id="homepage"></a><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a>

OR

<a id="homepage"><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a></a>

I currently have the first arrangement, but will happily change it if the
second arrangement is preferred. Will both of them go to the same spot on
the page?

Thanks, Chris Watson a.k.a. "The Bicycling Guitarist"
www.TheBicyclingGuitarist.net/
I still have a code, but it's getting better.

brucie · Nov 8, 2004

In alt.html The Bicycling Guitarist said:

Either way I don't have overlapping tags, but I wonder which is more
esthetically and / or logically pleasing?

<a id="homepage"></a><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a>

OR

<a id="homepage"><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a></a>

why have a title that repeats the link text anyway? if a link says 'home
page' i didn't need to be told again in the title text which home page,
if its not your home page the link shouldn't be called home page.

Mark Parnell · Nov 8, 2004

<a id="homepage"></a><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a>

OR

<a id="homepage"><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a></a>

The Bicycling Guitarist · Nov 8, 2004

The Bicycling Guitarist said:
Either way I don't have overlapping tags, but I wonder which is more
esthetically and / or logically pleasing?

<a id="homepage"></a><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a>

OR

<a id="homepage"><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a></a>

What about putting the id inside the <a href> tag???? I didn't even think of
that! is that okay? Better still than either of the other two ideas?

The Bicycling Guitarist · Nov 8, 2004

<a href="index.htm" id="homepage" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a>

You guys are SO fast! Thanks Mark. Answered in two minutes flat! Thanks
Brucie too, for all your l i t t l e v o i c e s.

Toby Inkster · Nov 8, 2004

The said:
<a id="homepage"><a href="index.htm" title="Home page of The Bicycling
Guitarist">Home page</a></a>

An anchor can't be nested within another anchor. See the W3C HTML 4.01
Recommendation, section 12.2.2.

Go read Mark's post.

The Bicycling Guitarist · Nov 8, 2004

Toby Inkster said:
An anchor can't be nested within another anchor. See the W3C HTML 4.01
Recommendation, section 12.2.2.

Go read Mark's post.

Thank you Toby. I did as Mark suggested. Now I also know that my second
suggestion was not valid code. The new improved code is on my site map,
www.TheBicyclingGuitarist.net/sitemap.htm I'm still in the process of
eliminating some whitespace.

The Bicycling Guitarist · Nov 8, 2004

Toby Inkster said:
The Bicycling Guitarist wrote:

Hey, your name has been in the source code of that page for a year, in the
<head>. If I listed everyone who's helped me, my code would be way bloated.

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