URL Anchors

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  therearenospoons · Member · Mar 27, 2006 at 1:42 am

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  I was wondering how I can use a URL anchor within my post. How would I self reference a page?

  For example in I had a long article, and at the top I had summary points, and from there the user can “jump to” that anchor. However, when a URL is generated on WP, there is no “actual” page, e.g. http://local.domain/2006/03/26/my-article/, where you can place a usual web anchor: http://local.domain/2006/03/26/my-article/THIS_PAGE.PHP#my_section. I tried putting a label after the usual URL: http://local.domain/2006/03/26/my-article/#my_section, but it did not work at all.

  Here’s the example code:
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  <a href="http://local.domain/2006/03/26/my-article/THIS_PAGE.PHP#my_section">My Section</a>

  text
  text
  text
  …
  text

  <a name="my_section">My Section</a>

  text
  text

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  where THIS_PAGE.PHP refers to some page name I hope someone can tell me how to make this works or if there is some other solution, please share.

  Much thanks :)

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  ajaydsouza · Member · Mar 27, 2006 at 11:03 am

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  You can create the names as you do normally.

  If you want to link within the post then just use #my_section

  To link from another page, then use full url of post followed by #my_section

  e.g. http://local.domain/2006/03/26/my-article/#my_section

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  therearenospoons · Member · Mar 28, 2006 at 12:21 am

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  opps, I had a little snafu in my actual code, so thats why it didn’t work. LOL :P

  thanx :)