Targets and Anchors

Create a link to a specific place in a page.

Links can also be used to move a reader to a particular spot in a document, rather than to the top, which is the default. To link to a specific spot in a document, you need to use a special "NAME" anchor to label the location within the document where you would like your link to go. It looks like this:

Once you have added one or more "named" anchors to your document, you can link to them.

Links to Specific Spots in Different Documents:

Suppose you want to set a link from document A (documentA.html) to a specific spot in document B (documentB.html).

First, create the named anchor "spot" in documentB.html with the following code:

Next, enter the HTML coding in document A for a link to the "named anchor" in document B this way:

With both these elements, you can bring a reader from document A to the exact "spot" in document B.

Links to Specific Spots within the Same Document:

The technique is the same, except you create a URL with the file name omitted.

For example, to link to "spot" from a location within document A:

First you must include the "name" anchor:

Then use this link to go to that anchor:

This should result in the ability to jump from one spot in a document to another.

Do the following:

Create a link to a named anchor on a web page you have found on the internet.

If you haven't already done so, create a new page for your WebQuest.

Create a link from your WebJourney to your WebQuest.

Create a named anchor in your own WebJourney document near the bottom of the page.

Create a link from the top of the page to jump to the bottom.

See Anchors Castro pp. 110, 111 (alt. pp. 120, 121)