Linking to locations on the webpage

[Don Schmidt]

This is a Publisher 2000 webpage problem - linking to locations on a webpage

The Problem:
webpage at http://www.vanusa.org/events/

How do I link each of the months in the table to the month/year locations
below? (Without changing the existing color of the text). I have the return
link to the "Top" built.
I want to be able to click on the month in the table and pop down to the
corresponding location.

The story behind the problem.
On website www.osiaglnw.org/events the page is broken. After editing and
saving the page it truncates the page. Chops off much of the content during
saving.

I think it is a Dreamweaver site - not sure. I do some of the updating on
the site using osEditor but I'm at a loss to fix.

My solution is to build a new Events page in Publisher 2000, store it on my
www.vanusa.org/events and have a link to it over on www.osiaglnw.org/events.

This is a "get-by" solution until our webmaster comes up with a solution.

Many thanks,

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

The broken page is a ColdFusion generated page, you shouldn't mess with it
unless you know ColdFusion.

 

[Don Schmidt]

Rob,
The only thing I can do with the ColdFusion page is edit it with osEditor
but the page is broken. Thus the rebuilding of the page to my Publisher
site.

I think I can link the months with the items below with HTML code fragments
but I have to do it outside of the Table. The thought sounds messy, and
loose the colors. Bummer..

don

The broken page is a ColdFusion generated page, you shouldn't mess with it
unless you know ColdFusion.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[DavidF]

Hi Don,

In the 2008 row, select "JAN", insert hyperlink, and put "#JAN08" in the
address field...yes, that is all you need if you are going to an anchor on
that page. Then create your anchor using the insert html code fragment.
Paste "<A NAME="JAN08"></A>" into a code fragment, and drag the code
fragment to where you want it. Do a web page preview, click the "JAN" link
in the table, and you should jump to where you put the anchor on the page.

If you don't like the fact that the links are underlined and the standard
blue color, then use the hot spot link tool to create the link. However, I
notice from the www.osiaglnw.org/events page that they use an underline, and
I think that is an important clue to the viewer that it is indeed a
link...same for the traditional blue color.

DavidF

 

[Don Schmidt]

Hi David,

I've got the links just as you say but had to create them without the aid of
a table. Couldn't get them to take in the table. I've pretty much got the
page complete and uploaded for the preliminary issue. 'Will review and
update as needed.

don

Hi Don,

In the 2008 row, select "JAN", insert hyperlink, and put "#JAN08" in the
address field...yes, that is all you need if you are going to an anchor on
that page. Then create your anchor using the insert html code fragment.
Paste "<A NAME="JAN08"></A>" into a code fragment, and drag the code
fragment to where you want it. Do a web page preview, click the "JAN" link
in the table, and you should jump to where you put the anchor on the page.

If you don't like the fact that the links are underlined and the standard
blue color, then use the hot spot link tool to create the link. However, I
notice from the www.osiaglnw.org/events page that they use an underline,
and I think that is an important clue to the viewer that it is indeed a
link...same for the traditional blue color.

DavidF

 

[Don Schmidt]

PS

David, I answered in haste; reread your post and went back and did the
simple hyperlinks you advised and the page is looking and functioning good.

Many thanks!

don

Hi Don,

In the 2008 row, select "JAN", insert hyperlink, and put "#JAN08" in the
address field...yes, that is all you need if you are going to an anchor on
that page. Then create your anchor using the insert html code fragment.
Paste "<A NAME="JAN08"></A>" into a code fragment, and drag the code
fragment to where you want it. Do a web page preview, click the "JAN" link
in the table, and you should jump to where you put the anchor on the page.

If you don't like the fact that the links are underlined and the standard
blue color, then use the hot spot link tool to create the link. However, I
notice from the www.osiaglnw.org/events page that they use an underline,
and I think that is an important clue to the viewer that it is indeed a
link...same for the traditional blue color.

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Don,

Working with tables confuses me sometimes. In Pub 2000 a table is converted
to an image, and yet the hyperlinks survive for some reason. In many other
cases, that kills the links.

I looked at the site again, and you are right in that it works with IE6.
However, it doesn't work with FF3...and I would bet IE7. If you click the
links, the page does not jump down. I think the problem is that you wrote
the anchor code incorrectly.

You wrote:
<A NAME="#nov08"></A>

This should be:
<A NAME="nov08"></A>

You don't use the # sign in the anchor.

Try making that change and see if that fixes the page.

DavidF

PS

David, I answered in haste; reread your post and went back and did the
simple hyperlinks you advised and the page is looking and functioning
good.

Many thanks!

don

 

[Don Schmidt]

David,

'Removed the # signs from the anchors. Links are working nicely.

Many, many thanks!

 

[DavidF]

Siete molto benvenuto. Grande lavoro!

DavidF

David,

'Removed the # signs from the anchors. Links are working nicely.

Many, many thanks!

 

[Don Schmidt]

Prenderò il credito per il suo lavoro, grazie.

Ciao,

donato