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cirerita

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Posted: 12/9/05 10:52 am
How to anchor names?

Hi there,
I'd like to anchor names within a long post so whenever you click on a given name then you're taken to a given point within the same post. Kind of an hyperlink within the same document...

Let's say:

1) HDTV
2) HTPC
3) DVB-T

So if you click on 1) HDTV then you're taken to that section (always within the same post). If you click on 2) HTPC you're taken to the HTPC section, etc.

Nutrocker

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Posted: 12/9/05 3:46 pm
Re: How to anchor names?

Not sure it can be done

cirerita

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Posts: 12

Posted: 12/9/05 4:02 pm
Re: How to anchor names?

browsing the net, I came across this info. It seems possible:

The Anchor Tag and the Name Attribute

The name attribute is used to create a named anchor. When using named anchors we can create links that can jump directly into a specific section on a page, instead of letting the user scroll around to find what he/she is looking for.

Below is the syntax of a named anchor:

<a name="label">Text to be displayed</a>

The name attribute is used to create a named anchor. The name of the anchor can be any text you care to use.

The line below defines a named anchor:

<a name="tips">Useful Tips Section</a>

You should notice that a named anchor is not displayed in a special way.

To link directly to the "tips" section, add a # sign and the name of the anchor to the end of a URL, like this:

<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html_links.asp#tips">
Jump to the Useful Tips Section</a>

A hyperlink to the Useful Tips Section from WITHIN the file "html_links.asp" will look like this:

<a href="#tips">Jump to the Useful Tips Section</a>

Nutrocker

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Posts: 16646

Posted: 12/9/05 4:27 pm
Re: How to anchor names?

Yeah, but how do you add the anchor to the username?
All the code is held on the ezboard servers!

I doubt that a script could be used as each anchor would have to be unique for each user

chrish18

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Posts: 2296

Posted: 12/9/05 6:13 pm
Re: How to anchor names?

If you have a gold board you can just enable HTML for that one forum and use regular html anchors, or if you have a gold board and dont want to enable HTML in posts, ezAnchors may help.

But, basically, if your board isnt gold there's no way to do it

cirerita

Registered User
Posts: 13

Posted: 12/10/05 12:23 am
Re: How to anchor names?

HTML can be enabled. By "regular html anchors" you mean the ones I posted earlier or are they different?

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