jump-here

how can I use

[the_Painter]

Hi another newbee here.
I was told I could use jump_here to move from one web page to another within my site. Now - how do I do it? What goes where? is "here" generic? Do I have to change it to reflect page name?
I have only recently joined this forum and from what I have read so far I'm very impressed with how helpful everyone is. Nice to meet you. (When I'm finished with my new site pages you may not all share that sentiment). How do I edit my profile? Thanks

[encyclo]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, the_Painter!

The best way to move from one page to another on your site is to use a standard link, which looks something like:

<a href="widgets.html">Widgets!</a>

When you mention "jump_here", it could be one of two things - either a javascript function for moving to a different page or opening a new window (not as good as a standard link, because search engines may not be able to follow the link), or a link to a specific point within the page. For the second option, you do something like this:

<a href="#more-widgets">More Widgets!</a>

and further down on the page:

<h3 id="more-widgets">More Widgets!</a>

When you click on the link, the page scrolls down to the headline.

How do I edit my profile?

Just click on the "Control Panel" link at the top of the page. Note that member URLs are only displayed for Full Members and higher, and that the terms of service [webmasterworld.com] for the forum (worth reading!) is that we don't do site reviews or post personal URLs :)

[mack]

You sometimes see something similar used on a lot of websites.

You may see this sort of thing used in a wide range of situations, for example an information site with thousands of pages may have "related pages" with links to pages of similar content.

Other sites may use this on every page to allow users to quickly move to the websites main areas.

The 2 main ways of doing this are to use standard links or a drop down list.

I think the most common way of doing this is to use the same footer on all your pages with links pointing to the most importaint pages.

Hope this is of some help.

Mack.