Posting a web page link, at a precise part of the page...

Well there has to be a bookmark inside the page.

For example the suject near the date of your post has this type of link:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=357594#357594

Click on it and it will take you to the anchor.

It's done like this:

In the webpage there has to be a link like this "<a name="1a" href="#1a">"


When linking to the page that has one of those links you append a # and the name of the anchor.

Like so: http://www.able2know.com/disclaimer.php#1a

I am moving this question to the internet forum.

By "bookmark" you're referring to a hyperlink? So just right-click a hyperlink, check properties, copy that url & post? I still must not be following you, as I could have sworn it's possible to cite any point of a page, not just a hyperlink...

It's impossible to know where the bookmarks (aka anchors) are on a page unless you look at the page's code (or see someone else link to a particular point on the page).

If you include this html code somewhere on a page named mypage.html ...

then later (or even on the same page) you could use a link to: mypage.html#mysection

Not all pages have the anchor. And the anchor is not always visible.

For example, on these forum pages there is an anchor called "top". If you append a #top to the URL of any forum page it will take you to the top of the page. The Anchor at the top of the page is invisible. It is linked to using this image and if clicked will take you to the top of the page.

but try that on other sites and you might discover that there is no anchor like that and that wouldn;t work on those pages.

In short, unless the web developer has included those anchors you can't link to a specific point in the page. The anchors are part of teh site design.

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NOTE: when you click "back" and are taken to what you were last looking at in the page this is your browser behavior and not related to links.

Monger said the same thing. I'm not sure as to the name either. Front Page calls them "bookmarks" but that just confuses people.

I've always called them anchors but I rarely learn the 'official' names.

Well, no offense guys, & I appreciate the effort, but I'm more confused than when I started...

How do I reveal the code of a page or certain spot on a page -- how do I uncover these "anchors" (I realize you said they're invisible, but they have to be detectable in some fashion, or you wouldn't be able to link to them)

Anyway, I also realize this isn't such a big deal either -- we can friggin' scroll to wherever we need to go!

EDIT: What's with "Hamster 653 reports" every time I post?

Normally you don't link to them. The webmaster of the site does and if you see the links then you can link (e.g. I made these links on this site and if you click the up arrow they are used).

If you want too look for hidden and unused anchors you can view the page source code but that would be a pain.

In short, you link to them when you find them. If you don;t see a link with anchors then there probably are not any on the page.