#xl_ Link in Anchors???

[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

[Egg Bramhill]

mywebsite.com/about.htm#xl_schooluniform

Hi Dazzler, your link above just leads to the 1&1 homepage

[Acorn]

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

[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

[Acorn]

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

[DAZZLER1607]

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

[Acorn]

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

[DAZZLER1607]

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.

[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)?

[DAZZLER1607]

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.