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1. ZooLooK
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello!

   I'm wondering if anyone has managed to create something that allows you to make references to anchors from other posts thus allowing you to link to a specific paragraph of a post externally. I don't know if there is a buzz-word for this so sorry if this explanation seems long-winded.

   For example I would like to link to specific parts of a post (e.g. a diagram) from another page. In regular HTML of course all I would have to do is include an anchor and make reference to it in the URL but this grows a more complicated task when considering page-slugs/url-rewriting.

   Any ideas appreciated,

   James

2. schestowitz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I know of a so-called footnote 'plug-in'* that is doing something similar, but here is my recommendation:

   In the post that you write, add for example

   BRACKET_LEFTaBRACKET_RIGHTCaption: Figure 1BRACKET_LEFT/aBRACKET_RIGHT

   Then, having labelled the figure, you can link to that caption/<IMG> (deeper page linking). Assuming the page is at /index.php?p=1

   BRACKET_LEFTa href="/index.php?p=1#fig_1"BRACKET_RIGHTFigure 1BRACKET_LEFT/aBRACKET_RIGHT

   (*)It does something so simple, so can barely be labeled a plug-ins

   Replace BRACKET_RIGHT with >
   Replace BRACKET_LEFT with <

   The forum software is trying to 'help' me.

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   Edit: thanks moshu

   <a href="/index.php?p=1#fig_1">Figure 1</a>

   <a name="fig_1">Caption: Figure 1</a>

   I think "id" instead of "name" should work too.

3. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   @schestowitz
   you just have to read the instructions below the text input area... put code in backticks = the little things that are usually on the same key as ~ [tilde]
   e.g.
   <a>

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