Most recently we have added new feature, which will make interaction with your site not only more convenient, but also interesting. So what is it? Anchors, or Anchor links” is a way to navigate the site, which allows you to quickly move from one place on the page to another.
Why is it convenient
If you're a frequent web surfer, you've likely come across the easy navigation provided by anchor links on long-scrolling sites like Pinterest or Flickr.
On a site with anchor links, you don't have to spend time scrolling down the page or navigating through pages to find the information you need. It is enough to click once on the anchor link, and you will immediately get exactly where you need to: to the top of the page, down, or to another page. This feature is especially useful for navigating and moving through "long" pages, as well as for creating a "Go to Top" button.
How to Anchor Links in the Wix Editor
To add an anchor link to a site, you need to follow two simple steps: First you need to "anchor", that is, mark the destination where the site visitor should go by clicking on the link. Then you need to add a link to the starting point, from where the user will "go" to the intended anchor. Seems complicated? In the Wix editor, this can be done in a couple of clicks:
Open the editor and click Add on the menu.
Click Buttons and menus and select the option Anchor.
In the Anchors settings, specify the name of the anchor depending on its position on the page.
Drag the anchor to where you want it to lead.
After you place all the anchors, create links for them. You can create a menu that allows you to move from anchor to anchor, or use icons and other clickable elements.
Click on the element you want to link to the anchor and click Link to.
What are they for, where is it appropriate and appropriate to use them? We will try to answer these questions on this page.
Assigning HTML Anchors
I welcome you to the pages of my So, what is it? HTML anchors are navigation elements by site page. They are used to move within one page. If the page is too large, then, for the convenience of users, the web designer has the opportunity to provide navigation through the page by putting special tags - HTML anchors.
You see pages like this often. The usual structure of such documents contains the contents of the page at the beginning. and in the body of the page, a description of the content elements.
And in the body of the page - a description of the content elements.
Section 1
text
…………
Section 2
text
…………
It will be logical to use headings and subheadings on the page to create labels, although this is not necessary.
How to add HTML anchors?
There are two ways to create a label. In the first case, a tag is used to create a label. with the name attribute. The HTML entry will look like this:
The text between the opening and closing tags is optional, but desirable in my opinion. The label name must be unique on the page and can contain Latin letters and numbers.
In the second case, it's even easier. Each html tag is given an ID attribute, for example:
Section 2
You can use any of the methods described above.
How to reference HTML anchors?
In order to go to the right place, marked with an anchor, a link is organized. It is a special case of a regular hyperlink, but it has some nuances. For instance:
As you already understood, the label name specified in the name or ID attributes is appended with pound sign - # .
Navigate to HTML anchor label on another page
then the transition will take place to the beginning of the web page.
Using HTML Anchors in WordPress
The process of placing anchors in the WordPress CMS is not automated. But, if desired, they can be easily put down using the HTML editor. The syntax of writing is no different from the methods described above.
That's actually all that I wanted to convey to you about HTML anchors. I wish you all the best and more.
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Good day to all dear readers!
I hasten that I have the strength with new useful material - today we will learn how to make anchor links to the page, we will implement it technically using a simple, not complicated example.
All we need to do is create two pages, one of which will be anchored to a specific fragment of the other page.
This is very convenient, the user will not need to scroll to a certain section of your post, he will get there right away.
So, first, let's create two blog posts.
Let's say the first entry we will be called "What is summer?". Call it whatever you like.
So, first we created the first note, now we are creating another, about the sun. And now the most interesting. In the article about the sun, we will anchor the phrase "solar spectrum"
Let's start creating an anchor link
http://ustanovka.site/?p=41#sun
http : //installation.website/?p=41#sun |
note the tail at the end of #sun, it's not a hash tag as you might think. This is an identifier named sun. When clicking on such a link, we will go to the place where we indicate this identifier.
We go to the code of the second entry about the "sun" and indicate our id = "sun" in the necessary paragraph, as shown in this screenshot:
Now let's save the changes and when we switch from the first record to the second one, we will get exactly to the place where our identifier is. Bingo! Now you have learned how to create an anchor link in the text. A little later there will be a video lesson. Thanks to all!
The Internet has long become an integral part of everyday life. People are happy to go to various sites to read news, share photos, spend some time watching funny videos or make purchases.
And even as the era of mobile technology and apps is dawning, the techniques for creating beautiful and engaging web pages continue to improve. Few users are aware of what is behind the scenes of their favorite browser and what happens when they pay for purchases on the site using their credit card. But in fact, behind all this there are thousands of lines of code that have been developed and improved over the years to provide the most convenient and enjoyable experience from using the web service. Anchor HTML, hyperlink, markup, titles - these and many other concepts will be further described in this article.
Web page basis
In order to create sites and pages on the Internet that could open the same way and look in dozens different browsers on several platforms at the same time, it was necessary to create a single specification for such documents. This specification became HTML (from the English HyperText Markup Language).
Translated, it means "Hypertext Markup Language". And this term quite accurately describes its purpose. The structure of an HTML document does not describe the content of the web page itself - it only “marks up” the various sections, giving them certain attributes or properties. This markup allows the document to look the same from browser to browser, and is also the key to the currently existing data transfer protocols on the Global Web - HTTP and HTTPS.
HTML document structure
Every HTML document is based on an even number of tags. These are special marks that give the content within them certain properties. Key Feature tags is that they must be placed in pairs - the first tag is the “opening” tag, and it must always be followed by the “closing” tag.
Thus, the browser knows exactly what are the limits of application of the attributes specified by the tag. However, the tag can be empty (not containing any content inside). An example of the latter is the line break element. Tags that do not contain any text or other data inside them do not need to be closed. Tags can be used to give text either a specific color or style, or to embed special elements (tables, media files, links) into a document.
Anchor HTML and links in the document
Links can be used to allow site visitors to navigate between different pages or within the same page. Hyperlinks are used to move within one site or several. Usually they serve to link between two completely different parts of the resource.
One of the rules of good website design is the rule that only content of the same type or purpose should be combined in one place. If the page becomes very large or is divided into logical sections, then it makes sense to give the user the ability to quickly move between sections of the page. And here the so-called HTML anchor will be very useful. Often this technique is used when designing a header to link it to the target piece of information. Also, this type of navigation is extremely convenient to use for advertising purposes, directing the user to certain content, bypassing all others.
To use an HTML anchor with smooth scrolling, the developer needs to embed a JavaScript library reference into the document structure.
How to create
To place an HTML anchor on a page, the standard link tag is used. This is one of the main tags in the structure of an HTML document.
It can have a number of attributes, such as href or name, that indicate the type of link described by this tag. An HTML anchor link differs from a hyperlink by using the "#" symbol. After it, you must specify a unique anchor name so that the browser can uniquely determine the target for the transition. It is extremely important not to forget that within the same document you cannot assign two identical names, but this is acceptable on different pages of the site.
An example of creating an anchor in the document structure
So how do you put an HTML anchor on a page? First you need to select the section of the document that will serve. It can be a subtitle within a large text. Such subheadings are usually highlighted with a tag.
The anchor ID is usually set in the opening tag, and the “id=” attribute is used to describe it. This is followed by the unique name of the anchor itself. This attribute can be contained in almost any opening tag. Once the HTML anchor on the page is named, all we have to do is create a link to it in another part of the document or in another document.
Such subheadings are usually distinguished by the tag
. The anchor id is usually set in the opening tag, and the “id=” attribute is used to describe it. This is followed by the unique name of the anchor itself. This attribute can be contained in almost any opening tag. Once the name of the html anchor is set, all we have to do is create a link to it in another part of the document or in another document. An anchor link within the same document is often referred to as local, while a link to different documents is referred to as absolute.
However, using HTML alone, it is difficult to achieve smooth transitions between anchors. But this approach will lead to the fact that the user will get confused in the navigation on the page or between pages, and thereby spoil his impression of using the resource. In the case of local anchors, it is much preferable to use an HTML anchor with smooth scrolling, so that the site visitor can visually track the direction in which the administration takes him through the resource.
To create such an effect, you need to resort to JavaScript tools. The principle of the small script will be as follows - first of all, we need to block the standard behavior of the HTML anchor on the page. This is necessary so that the browser does not decide to redirect the visitor to the link on its own. After that, our script processes the identifier contained in the tag . The name of the HTML anchor is saved and searched through the document to find the destination for our animation. When the target is found, the script calculates the distance from the top of the page to the top of the element we were referring to. This distance will be used to smoothly animate the scrolling of the page. We just need to determine for ourselves the speed of scrolling.
special rule
When laying out web pages, designers should always remember that it is wrong to overload a page with information, as this can impair its perception. And if you need to give the user the ability to quickly navigate to an important section of the page, then there is nothing easier and better for this purpose than using an HTML anchor. The transition animation between different sections of the page is implemented by several lines of JavaScript code, and the effect of it is significant - the user will always be aware of which part of the document he is in and where he needs to go next.
Comments in HTML code are used to temporarily disable the code (as a rule, it is inconvenient to simply delete the code because it may have to be restored) and as a hint for yourself or for people who will understand your code. The text inside the comment is not rendered by the browser on the page.
Comments can be used in any page location, Besides tag