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11/1/2012 7:32 PM
 

Hello-

I would like to create a link that goes to a different page on my site and about halfway down that page, rather than the top of the page. I think this involves setting an anchor somehow, but I can't figure out how to do this using the hyperlink tool. Can anyone explain how to do this? Or, do I have to do some sort of html coding?

I'm using version 6

Thanks for any help - Susan

 
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11/1/2012 8:19 PM
 

On the target page, open text editor and select a word you want to be the anchor. Click on the hyperlink manager, and the second tab across the top is "anchor" - go to that tab and write in the name you want to use for the anchor. Close and save your work.

Go to the page from which you want to link to the anchor. Go into edit mode, select a word or phrase that is going to be the link, and click again on the hyperlink control. Select the portal page from the "page" dropdownlist where you created the anchor. Then click within the page URL and hit the "End" button. At the end of the link, write "#" followed by the name of the anchor.

Save your work, and click on the word or phrase you just made into a link. It should take you to the page, as well as to the place on the page (vertically) where the anchor exists.

The hyperlink tool looks like it should be able to provide a list of existing anchors from the target page, but I don't see that happening. So I might be missing something about that part of the hyperlink manager. If so, and someone knows, please chime in!

But what I have described here should work for you. I just gave it a try and it worked for me.


pmgerholdt
 
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11/2/2012 9:26 AM
 
It may also be of interest to know that each module has an anchor built it.
Open any module in edit mode.
EG: localhost/DNNDev02/TH/tabid/84/ctl/Edit/mid/436/Default.aspx

You can then use the module id number as an anchor from other links.
mypage.aspx#436

Ian

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11/2/2012 5:45 PM
 

Thanks Michael & Ian -

I had some success....

Michael, your method worked except for one problem - DNN hightlighted the anchor text, like it does when a link is created. If you want to see what I mean, this is the page I want to send the link to:

http://www.phaseivengr.com/p4main/Tec...

If you scroll down below the chart, you'll see a bulleted list with the headline "Passive UHF RFID Wireless Sensors (Battery-Free) - long read ranges", and the first bullet point starts with "10x the Read Range". You can see how it acts like a hyperlink would, except that the cursor doesn't change to a pointing finger.

I agree that it looks like the hyperlink tool should show you anchors to choose from once you've set them, but I couldn't get that to work either.

Ian, I don't get a module id when I'm in Edit mode. My page URL stays the same, and in the Edit window I show "Phase IV Engineering, Inc | Specialized Wireless & RFID Sensors to Give You the Competitve Edge>Ultra Long-Range RFID Sensor>Edit Content". It may because I'm using DNN v 6? I tried to search to see if I could figure out how to find them but I couldn't find an answer that made sense to me. (I'm not a developer or a coder.....) That method would be great for me if I can find my module ids, seems like less steps than having to set anchor text. It

Any more ideas? Thanks!

 
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11/2/2012 6:09 PM
 

Hi Susan

That's a bit strange - this method has worked for all DNN versions since 3 (I think).

Even on a version6 site where I have a friendly URL provider I can still see the module id in the browser address bar.

Are you sure you are seeing the full URL?  - a module in edit mode should normally end in .aspx

Ian

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