How to link to part of a web page

Linking help.

[kodaks]

I am wondering how to link to a specific part of a webpage. For example, if I wanted to link back up to the top of a long page, what would I have to do? Thanks!

[coopster]

It's all in the links [w3.org].

[kodaks]

Thanks, I'll look into it.

[Reid]

Use the 'name' attribute
eg. the link points to another link on the same document.

link <A href= "#widget" name= "blah">top of document</a>

points to this link (located at the top of document)

<A href= "#blah" name= "widget">Widgets</a>

so widget points to blah and blah points to widget.

[pageoneresults]

You may want to go one step further and bybass the name attribute as it is invalid markup in XHTML. The id attribute is preferred over the name attribute and it will save you a lot of time and excess code. Just throw the id in any of the elements where you want to provide a bookmark on the page.

<h1 id="top"></h1>

<a href="top">Back to Top</a>

Remember, you can only use one instance of the named id on a page. So, if you needed two id="top", you'll need to come up with a second id name so they are unique and only used once on a page.

[Reid]

thats interesting.
perhaps the name attribute can be a lot simpler in some cases
specifically 'top of document' where several links may point to one name in a long document.

(located at top)
<a href= "index.html" name= "top">Home</a>

(further down)
<a href= "#top">top of document</a>

(further down)
<a href= "#top">top of document</a>

(further down)
<a href= "#top">top of document</a>