How do you create links to sections within the same page?

[itabhyas]

How do you create links to sections within the same page?

[luffy268]

Firstly, to answer your question: links to the same page use IDs. e.g.:
HTML Code:
<a href="#target">link to target</a>


<!-- content here -->


<div id="target">
<!-- links to here -->


</div>
Secondly, when you have a very basic question such as this, we prefer you to search the web for the answer first. One site, which has its faults but is often a good place to start, is w3schools. The main fault with it (apart from some errors) is a tendency to over simplify. However it can be a boon when you just want reminding of a particular syntax, and do not need a full authoritative exposition...

[aayutiles]

Luffy is right

[Rational]

To create links to a link within the page, two HTML tags need to be used.
<a herf="#top">Top</a>


This first tag is almost the same as any other HTML tag you would use to create a link to another page. However, to create a bookmark (anchor), you must start the link with a # (pound symbol,) which represents a name statement, used in the next tag. When the user clicks on the "Top" link, the computer would then go to the name tag, if found on the same page of the link.
id="top"


This next piece of code is where the link will go to on the page when the link is clicked. These are commonly referred to as bookmark and anchor. The ID attribute would be added to a tag, like a header (<H1> or <H2>) tag or a paragraph (<P>) tag. An example of what this would look like is below.
<h2 id="top">Page Header</h2>


Tip: Today, all browsers recognize top as being the top of the page. If you want the visitor to go to the very top of the page, the ID tag can be left out and the A HREF link will still work.



Finally, a link can contain a web page with a bookmark that is on that page. In the above example, this code would create a link to our Safe Mode page and automatically move down to the Windows XP Safe Mode section on that page.