Linking to an Anchor

[klowetx]

I am having a difficult time linking to an anchor. I have named an object, basically a rectangle and linked a button via "Link to Anchor" using the name given the object. When I test it, nothing happens. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

[Acorn]

If it a short page, the browser tries to put the anchored item at the top of the page but stops when the bottom is displayed so it seems the anchor has failed.
Make the height of your browser very short and try it, it should jump to the right place if you've set up the link properly.

Acorn

[klowetx]

Thank you Acorn!! I have a long page with some text part way down. I have tried to place a button, menu, rectangle near the top to link to the rectangle around the text below. I have named the box around the text below then used the link to anchor for a button, menu, and the rectangle but none worked. I would move them to different layers and still nothing worked.

[Acorn]

Can you upload your .web or copy of, with the page as it is presently?

Acorn

[klowetx]

Sorry for not mentioning the page. Go to "Course Categories" at wit-online.com

[Acorn]

klowetx, your site clearly has had a lot of attention.

I can't directly comment on what you did in your design but my immediate recovery suggestion would be to split the wit_courses_by_category.htm page into six categorised pages and change the Category buttons into links to these pages. You could also add a sub-menu from the Courses > Courses by Categories selection.

This will make the pages smaller, as even with a 24MB speed, the site is quite unresponsive, which ultimately will lose you customers.

Part of your speed problem is some very large image file sizes, typically several of 300 - 500 kB on a page.
The 1.5MB animated GIF is the killer as you have scaled it down from 1,323 pixels wide for use in a 158 pixel position!

Sorry if it is not the solution you were after.

Acorn

[klowetx]

wit-online.com, I have a row of buttons above each course list to make it easy for the user to move to another group. Only one of the buttons work. The site is no where from being completed, just need to figure out how to get the link to anchor working. If I select the box around a particular list and anchor text to a button, it will work. But I won't be able to do this to the next row of buttons.

Thank you Acorn for all your time, patience, and help.

Sincerely,
klowetx