need help with a simple code

Hi All,
I am trying to put a link into a page whereby if a viewer of the page is way
down the screen a link takes him/her back to the top of the page.
I know this is very simple but it is a link I have not used for years and
cannot for the life of me think of how I used to do it or find any help in
dreamweaver.
OK I am getting old and maybe the brain is going.
Can someone answer this simple question and reply with the source code.
Thank you
Eddie

"eddie" <eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com> wrote

Hi All,
I am trying to put a link into a page whereby if a viewer of the page is
way
down the screen a link takes him/her back to the top of the page.
I know this is very simple but it is a link I have not used for years and
cannot for the life of me think of how I used to do it or find any help in
dreamweaver.
OK I am getting old and maybe the brain is going.
Can someone answer this simple question and reply with the source code.
Thank you
Eddie

2 quick ways - there are others.

<a href="#">Top</a> will take the user to the top of the page
or
<a href="#top">Top</a> is a named anchor and can be positioned at the start
of your content, which is not necessarily at the very top of the page.

HTH

Terry

Hello Terry
Thank you very much for your help,I know it was a simple problem but just
couldn't get my head around this one.
Thanks again.
Eddie

"Terry Hughes" <terryuse (AT) cashette (DOT) com> wrote

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Hi All,
I am trying to put a link into a page whereby if a viewer of the page is
way
down the screen a link takes him/her back to the top of the page.
I know this is very simple but it is a link I have not used for years and
cannot for the life of me think of how I used to do it or find any help
in
dreamweaver.
OK I am getting old and maybe the brain is going.
Can someone answer this simple question and reply with the source code.
Thank you
Eddie


2 quick ways - there are others.

a href="#">Top</a> will take the user to the top of the page
or
a href="#top">Top</a> is a named anchor and can be positioned at the
start
of your content, which is not necessarily at the very top of the page.

HTH

Terry

"Terry Hughes" <terryuse (AT) cashette (DOT) com> wrote


....assuming, of course, that you have positioned a named anchor at the start
of your content or whatever.

<a name="top" id="top"></a>Content blah blah blah

.oO(Terry Hughes)

...assuming, of course, that you have positioned a named anchor at the start
of your content or whatever.

a name="top" id="top"></a>Content blah blah blah

Named anchors should not be empty.

Micha

The code would look like this:


<a name="top_of_page" id="top_of_page"></a><!-- you place this were
the viewer should jump back to -->
<a href="#top_of_page">Go to the top of this page</a><!-- This is the
Link -->



"eddie" <eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com> wrote

Hi All,
I am trying to put a link into a page whereby if a viewer of the page is way
down the screen a link takes him/her back to the top of the page.
I know this is very simple but it is a link I have not used for years and
cannot for the life of me think of how I used to do it or find any help in
dreamweaver.
OK I am getting old and maybe the brain is going.
Can someone answer this simple question and reply with the source code.
Thank you
Eddie

"Michael Fesser" <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) net> wrote

Named anchors should not be empty.

Micha

Neither should my head but it is today :-)

Terry

Hello all who replied,
Thank you for the help,reference Terry with the empty head,not as empty as
mine,but thanks again everyone
Eddie

"eddie" <eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com> wrote

Hi All,
I am trying to put a link into a page whereby if a viewer of the page is
way down the screen a link takes him/her back to the top of the page.
I know this is very simple but it is a link I have not used for years and
cannot for the life of me think of how I used to do it or find any help in
dreamweaver.
OK I am getting old and maybe the brain is going.
Can someone answer this simple question and reply with the source code.
Thank you
Eddie