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...and here's the targeted link!
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Now click here and go back to the top!
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How Does It Work?
Simple! The trick is in setting two anchors...one that is the original link, and the other that is the target. For example, to set a link that will allow users to go "Back to Top," you would do something like this:
<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>
However, that's only half the job. You must now set your target anchor. This is done by creating a "hot spot" that the browser recognizes but may or may not even include any text. In other words, your opening and closing <a> tags may surround nothing at all, or they may surround text and/or an image. In either regard, you have created a target, as follows:
<a name="top"></a> or...
<a name="top">This is the top</a>
The trick to making it all happen is to establish a name for this target. The name can be anything. This name must appear in the original href, along with a # symbol preceding it. In the target anchor, instead of the href you would use name="", but remember to not include the # symbol.
If you follow the example, it should work perfectly. You may also View Source on this document to see how I created the two working examples.
Have fun jumping around your page!
