[anchor] tag

[FliesLikeABrick]

I've added in the [anchor] tag that some of you were looking for.  This allows you to create custom defined anchors in your post (mainly useful for long posts introducing new maps and fan apps, where you may want to have a table of contents at the beginning, with links to other parts of the thread.

The usage is as follows:

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[anchor]AnchorName[/anchor]

This defines an anchor.



To use it:

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[iurl=http://whatever the url is to your thread/?topic=etc#AnchorName]This is a link to your anchor[/iurl]


An example:
This link will take you down the page




























[anchor]theanchor[/anchor]
And here is the anchor, defined with [anchor]

[VijchtiDoodah]

Oooh, table of contents, here I come!

It's probably worth noting that the anchors cannot have any spaces in them at all.  For example:

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[anchor]This is an anchor[/anchor]
and
[iurl=http://...#This is an anchor]Text[/iurl]These will not work while

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[anchor]Thisisananchor[/anchor]this will work.

[Mistercharles]

Love it! This'll be perfect for long posts.

[DarkNoddy]

This is a great addition ! keep up the Great work FLAB/Forum crew

[Keron Cyst]

Wow, awesome stuff. I'll try applying it to my waypointing guide soon.

[Gold]

Cool, looks usefull

[jrgp]

I like it, but have a suggestion:

lets say we have an anchor named info.

if I want to link to it it would be easier if it was just:

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[url=#info]Info[/url] instead of:

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[url=url_to_thread#info]Info[/url]
what do you think?

[VijchtiDoodah]

No, this way we can link to anchors in other threads.  It's also closer to what you'd actually code in html.

On another note, Flies, why do you have the 'i' in the beginning of your url code?  You know you don't actually need it, right?

[FliesLikeABrick]

the iurl makes it open in the same window... you don't want to use the url tag and have it open in a new window, do you?

[VijchtiDoodah]

I don't ever have that problem, but I can sympathize with those unfortunate people who do.

[FliesLikeABrick]

if I made a link to a point in this thread using the using url] tag instead of [iurl=http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=1660#theanchor]using url

using iurl], it would open the link in another tab or another window (depending on your browser and settings).


example

[url=http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=1660#theanchor]using url[/url]

[iurl=http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=1660#theanchor]using iurl

[VijchtiDoodah]

Both do the same thing in Firefox.

[FliesLikeABrick]

I can assure you that they do not.  You probably have yours configured to always open links in the same tab

[VijchtiDoodah]

Okay, both do the same thing in my firefox.

[jettlarue]

same with me. im typing on windows Mozilla Firefox Beta 1 with only greasemonkey installed. Flab you are not wrong , one reloads the page while the other one does not.

[frogboy]

One opens a new window (or tab or same window, depending on your configuration), the other opens the URL in the same window.

Firefox 1.5 here, does the same thing in an alpha version of Firefox 3.0

[VijchtiDoodah]

Flab you are not wrong , one reloads the page while the other one does not.

They both reload the page the first time you click on them.  From then on it just goes right to the anchor.

[jettlarue]

oh...i wasnt thinking when i posted...but i still think flab is right cus the same thing that he says happens to me.