Q: document links

Andy Resnick

A group of us are constructing a "digital camera buyer's guide" sticky, and I am finishing up the formatting. The document is rather long, and I would like to add links for readers to more easily navigate to specific parts of the post. For example, let's say I have a table of contents:

Subject 1
Subject 1
Subject 3
...

I would like a reader to be able to click on (for example) 'subject 1' and be taken to the body of the document where that section occurs:

Intro: blah blah blah
Subject 1: bunch o' stuff
Subject 2: more trivia.

Also, if a different tag is needed to link to sections on other pages (since the document is rather long), please let me know.

TIA.

Gokul43201

Your opening post in the thread can be written as nothing more than a "Table of Contents" post, with embedded links to subsequent posts in the thread which deal with the different subjects.

See below, for example, if that's not clear.

Gokul43201

[treat this as the OP of the thread]

Table of Contents:

1. Subject 1 - - (post #4)
2. Subject 2 - - (post #5)
...

Gokul43201

Subject 1 deals with blah 1

Gokul43201

Subject 2 deals with blah 2

[end of example posts]

Kurdt

You may have to enlist a mentor to help you depending on the edit time frame.

Andy Resnick

Thanks! Does that mean I can't link to "arbitrary" locations within a post, but only to a particular post as a whole?

Andy Resnick

Yeah, I've been bugging Borek..... :)

Evo

I've discussed it with Borek, but he said you were thinking of posting it in the section that has the photo contests, that's ok with me, I can make room for it there, but it's probably better suited for the technology forum.

Andy Resnick

It's entirely up to you all. I suspect the more logical place is in the photo subforum, just because of the reason people go there. I just hope it's useful....

Evo

Borek brought it up after you asked him about it, we think it would be very beneficial. I also am for it being in the photo subforum due to the discussions.

Borek

Andy, I will help to organize the posts, as it may take some time to edit everything. Once the thread is set up it can be moved anywhere, so even if one day we decide it will better fit some other forum it is not a problem.

As far as I know Gokul idea is the only one viable (I was about to propose the same approach), I don't think it is possible to link to anchors inside posts.

Edit: did you get my emails?