[dougmays]

its been awhile since i've used anchors linking elements on the same page and i just learned that using <a name> has been deprecated. How do you link to a item in the same page now? with ID?

so like:

<a href="#blah">Link to Blah</a>

<h2 id="blah">Blah</h2>

appreciate the help

[woodss]

A quick google turned up:

On a (Strict?) Doctyped XHTML page, you can reference any element with an ID by the standard hash URL.

For example, I have an ID called content (...). Adding #content to the URL will take me to that location on the page (foo.php#content). Exactly the same behavior as the old name attribute but far easier

[woodss]

I think this is one of those things you could've whipped up in like, a minute, to test yourself tho lol

[dougmays]

i just wanted to run it by people and see if they were using this new way or if they were still using a name's. thanks though

[pgo]

There's no reason to use the anchor method any longer.

The correct method uses less markup (if any) and creates an additional, useful styling hook.

Often, there is no need to add an extra ID. For instance, if you want a "jump to top" link, you can often link it to an ID in your template. Like #content or something. In that case, it requires no extra markup.

[dougmays]

thats pretty cool...thanks guys