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Anchors
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11/4/2009 7:45 AM |
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An anchor is a type of link that takes visitors to a specific place on any page within your website. The anchor is placed on an object on the page. Another object is placed on a page with a link to the anchor. When visitors click on the link to the anchor, it brings them to the place on the page where the anchor located. Anchors can make navigation easier, especially in a large site. For instance, you can use an anchor at the bottom of a long page to bring visitors back to the top of the page. Or you can also have a link on the Home page that takes you to the bottom of the Contact Us page.
Any object can be used as an anchor. First the object is assigned anchor properties and then placed in the Links Gallery. Once an anchor is in the gallery, it is ready to link onto any other object or text.
Remember that the link takes your visitors to the anchor. This means that if you move the anchor, you change the place where the visitors go when then click on the link. For example, if you want to use an anchor to take the visitors back to the top of the page, make sure the anchor is not at the bottom of the page.
There are two steps to use anchors: