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(Caution up to this point many of the tricks and techniques make use of ebedded sound and Javascript Layer tags, which (Layer tags) are considered more evil than ActiveX, or the devil himself in the Moz newsgroups.) This group is meant for answering questions concerning Mozilla. The 110% W3C standards compliant replacement for Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer. Ric Gates wrote: > > Rich wrote: > > > Adrienne wrote: > > > > > > Richard Bozman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > > > "Si�n" wrote: > > > > > > > >> Can anyone tell me if NS 4 supports Anchors (see example code @ bottom > > > >> of page) and if not is there an alterntive > > > >> > > > >> Example code: > > > >> > > > >> <html> > > > >> <head> > > > >> <title>Anchor test</title> > > > >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > >> charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> > > > >> > > > > > > > > put the complete url here ..... > > > > > > > >> <a href="http://all the url/and page.html#test">link to anchor</a> > > > >> > > > > > > > >> <br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> <br> > > > >> <a name="test"></a> </body> </html> > > > > > > > > > > AFAIK there is no need to put the complete URL, especially if the anchor is > > > on the same page. > > > > > > <a name="test">bla bla bla</a> > > > > > > ..... > > > > > > <a href="#top">Top of page</a> > > > > > > The only time you would need an absolute reference is if the anchor is on > > > another site. > > > > > > -- > > > Adrienne Boswell > > > find me on http://www.nextblock.com - keyword arbpen > > ==================================== > > > > What you have in the example above > > > >> <a name="test"></a> </body> </html> > > is called an "empty anchor". There is no text or anything else > > from the page between the <a name="test"> part and the </a> part. > > Insert text from the page, that should appear at the top of screen. > > This is explained somewhere on the Netscape help site. > > > > Empty anchors are tricky, they usually work on the same page, but > > depends on which version you are using. Sometimes they come up a > > couple of lines off where you want. If you are linking to an anchor > > on another page, empty anchors have even a less chance to work right. > > > > Hope this helps. rich > > The problem is most likely the spaces, which are illegal in URLs. > If you really MUST use spaces (and I really don't understand why), you must use > %20 as any extended character must be escaped. > I now use <a name="home"> </a> notice the space, but the only browser that has > given me an error about an empty anchor is Mosaic. > > -- > | Later. > | Ric. > | -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm> <http://home.kimbanet.com/~pjones/birthday/index.htm>
