How to send ‘em to that sa-weet spot

Posted by Wonder

November 10, 2008

Just had to do a little something that I remembered was really hard to “get” when I learned HTML. This is pretty basic stuff but it’s also very handy when ulterior motives are in control :)

You can make an HTML link that not only links to your page, but also takes the person viewing the link to a certain spot on your page. Even if that spot is below the fold.

For instance, if I want to say something about how new I am at Twitter and I also want to give anyone interested another little glimpse into my web life, I can post the word “green” with a link to one of my sites that defines that word the way I mean it.

After I got done twurling it, the link ended up being: http://twurl.nl/b7lswy.

By putting the following code in my page defining “green”, I was able to link to a particular place in the web page, not just the page.

<a name=”green”>GREEN</a> – Inexperienced, brand new. The term is often applied to personnel. Also applies to being new at any thing else. Worry if your mechanic says “I’m pretty green at this but your motor needs a rebuild”.

By adding a “#“, or pound sign, and the defined name, i.e,”green” (without the quotes), to the url for the page, like so:

http://www.welcometothefair.com/lingo.html#green

I can send people right to the spot on the page I want them to see.

Maybe I should have put an Adsense block right above it?

Web design

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