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  jaelsmusings · Member · Feb 21, 2009 at 9:35 pm

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  I put several recipes on my blog, listing the names of the recipes first, then the details. How do you set up the post so someone can click on the name of the recipe and be taken directly to the details? My recipes are under Daniel Fast Recipes. I’m very new at this so hopefully this isn’t too technical. Thanks and God bless.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 21, 2009 at 11:14 pm

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  jaelsmusings,

  http://support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/page-jumps/
  There is something about the sample there that does not work, and I don’t remember what. Wrong kind of quote marks, maybe. But below is the code I use.

  <a name="top"></a>Top<!-- This is the anchor to the top where you want readers to return -->
  <a href="#a">First item</a><!-- first item -->
  <a href="#b">Second item</a><!-- second item -->
  For more items in the list use b,c,d etc. You can name them what you like, but use the # and " symbols and don't forget to close tags
  
  <a name="a"></a>Write about first item<!-- corresponding first item -->
  <a href="#top">Return to the top!</a><!-- put this below the above line to get back to the top -->
  <a name="a"></a>Write about second item<!-- corresponding second item -->
  <a href="#top">Return to the top!</a><!-- put this below the above line to get back to the top -->

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  To avoid getting confused I’d advise you copy this code into a blank draft. Add as many first, second, third,… with the corresponding first second, third…
  Then switch to VISUAL mode and type in the names of your recipes, and the recipes themselves.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 21, 2009 at 11:20 pm

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  jaelsmusings,
  “hopefully this isn’t too technical”
  The first time I tried this it looked quite scary. I went ahead with looking at it in draft posts and just previewing them until I was comfortable enough that it worked to use it in a “real” post. It’s pretty mechanical, and once you see how it works, most of the editing can be done in the Visual Editor.
  Good wishes.

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  jaelsmusings · Member · Mar 15, 2009 at 11:00 am

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  Thanks, I’ll try this.