Re: jump to #name

Richard For you and others on the list, it turned out to be 'spaces'. I was using the 'headline' sentence from the database, and never thought about spaces as being illegal. Thanks for the assistance. Floyd On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 05:15:49 -0800, you wrote: >Floyd, >I use the jump to #name without problem in php when using an included file. It seems that two >things matter the most: > >1. the anchor must be named: ><a name="myAnchorName">text or image to anchor</a> > >2. the link must point to the anchor: ><a href="#myAnchorName">Go to Anchor</a> > >It is plain html, and php will spit it out as plain html. Perhaps looking at your code for a >typo or some such irritant may help? It may not work if it is not nested properly, or if the anchor >is not closed, or if you are trying to anchor something that is not text or image (your browser >mileage may vary). It is NOT likely to be a php caused problem. The jump #name works for me in >several instances. > >Regards, > >Richard Creech >richardc@dreamriver.com Phone: 250.744.3350 Pacific Time Canada >Get a free link at http://www.dreamriver.com/phpYellow/ >Download phpYellow Pages 2000 - Now shipping Version 1.05 with EasySQL! >Add Dynamic Database Content to your Website >http://dreamriver.com/software/ > > >Floyd Baker <fbaker@olm1.com> wrote: > ><snip> >Hello people. ><snip> >but... jumping from the 'headlines' down to the items doesn't work >at all... This is from the top of the included file to the lower portion of >that same included file. > >Has someone overcome this problem? > >Appreciate any word that anyone might have... Thanks in advance. >_________________________________________ > --