Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
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mywebsite.com/about.htm#xl_schooluniform
Hi Dazzler, your link above just leads to the 1&1 homepage :)
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
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Originally Posted by
DAZZLER1607
Hi, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong. Some anchors that I create end up with the link as below with the #xl bit added in and some are not. When the #xl bit appears the anchor does not link correctly to the section, it takes the page to the correct area but the whole page bounces around, for example if I have an anchor in the the right hand side of page when I click to link to the anchor it centres the whole page and shows the side bars, so the clicked link that should be appearing on the right side of my page is now centred in the middle of computer screen, showing white bars down the side.
mywebsite.com/about.htm#xl_schooluniform
Hopefully you can understand my drivel above, not sure how else to explain it.
I'm using WD11 Premium.
Thanks
Darren
How are you creating your anchors? In XWD11P, it is normally providing a Name to an object and in the calling link, using Link to anchor: anchor_name.
I believe that if you are using a Transitional Supersite where you get the xl_ prefix created as: xl_anchor_name.
I don't know why this is the case or its remedy. Well I do, but the workaround is not particularly brilliant.
Create a small object to place behind the top of the image.
In its Placeholder HTML code (body) put: <a id="xl_schoolrun">. Keep the image's Name in case you change from a Transitional Supersite.
Acorn
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
Hi, sorry I should have made clear the mywebsite.com was just an example address and not mine. Ooops.
I give an item a name then link to it from the menu. The site is not a supersite, it's just a conventional website, that is why I was a bit confused as to what was happening.
http://www.iwasoneofthe45.com/about.htm
Hopefully the example above lets you see where I've gone wrong.
Thank you.
Darren
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
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Originally Posted by
DAZZLER1607
Hi, sorry I should have made clear the mywebsite.com was just an example address and not mine. Ooops.
I give an item a name then link to it from the menu. The site is not a supersite, it's just a conventional website, that is why I was a bit confused as to what was happening.
http://www.iwasoneofthe45.com/about.htm
Hopefully the example above lets you see where I've gone wrong.
Thank you.
Darren
Darren, the page has no menu or pictures so I cannot help.
Yes, there are lots of #xl_ anchors but without the Xara source it will be difficult to work out what's amiss.
Acorn
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
Acorn - Sorry I didn't reply to this message, have been away for a while.
I'm still having the issue as in the link attached above. There is a menu there 'About Us'. If you click on link that is linking to an 'name' in the same page then the page seems to jump and not keep the webpage centred on the screen. This only happens with the xl links. It has been exported as a conventional website so I'm not sure where I've gone wrong. Your last post asks for the Xara Source - can you tell me how to provide you with this information.
Thank you for any assistance.
Darren
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
Darren, wouldn't it be better to make sure the images are in place too?
While you're at it, have you updated your application?
I think that Xara has tweaked how it handles Anchors.
HTML Anchors have always been a vertical displacement of a page.
With the advent of smaller display in SmartPhones, the ability to move sideways too makes reasonable sense.
So, I believe Xara is now using a JavaScript mechanism to move as close to the Anchor as possible.
In a nutshell, nothing is broken.
Widen your browser width and Anchors act as you expect.
Shrink and they twist and jive for you.
Acorn
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
Acorn - thank you for your quick reply.
I was only showing you an example of the problem not the actual website, the images will be placed once the site is live via a CMS.
I understood when there was an update I was notified by XARA and haven't been notified or asked to update so can I not assume then that I am using an up to date version, if not how can I tell?
I don't want to widen the browser. I haven't had to do this before and it has worked fine, I'm trying to establish where I have gone wrong with this one (as it doesn't happen in all sites) and fix it, should I raise a ticket with Xara for this do you think?
Sorry I meant to ask, where you actually able to see the problem, was the page jumping around?
Edited - checked for updates and I'm up to date.
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
I can see the page jumping around. Looks similar to a problem I had with the first version of WD11. That problem was partly fixed with a patch. Have you checked for updates (in the help menu)?
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
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Originally Posted by
siran
I can see the page jumping around. Looks similar to a problem I had with the first version of WD11. That problem was partly fixed with a patch. Have you checked for updates (in the help menu)?
Yes, I checked for updates and it was already up to date. Will keep digging.
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
I was able to reproduce the effect. You could get rid of the problem if it is an option to change the background of the top bar to a strechy object. You would need tree separate objects to avoid changing of the height of the bars when changing the width of the browser window.
Re: #xl_ Link in Anchors???
I know this is a fairly old post, but I just had the same problem. I fixed it by, instead of using the "link to anchor" option, putting "page.htm#anchor" in the standard "link to web or email address" line (obviously "page" is not the name of the page, and "anchor" is not the name of the anchor). This stopped the problem immediately. It disables some transitional "animated" aspects of it, but I think Xara's attempt to animate the jump to the anchor was the problem.
