Launching a page to a name reference

I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
or Opera

On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.
On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.

Both pages are in the same folder. When I invoke the link on Page 1, I get a
404 error in IE6. If I invoke the link without appending #here, the page
launches correctly. Am I missing something, or is this expected IE
[mis]behavior?

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Lance Manyon

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June 27th, 2008
07:16 PM
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Re: Launching a page to a name reference

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:16:50 -0700, Ed Jay wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
or Opera
>
On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.
On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.

Hey Ed. At the W3C page for HTML 4.01, here:
<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.2.3>

it says: "User agents should be able to find anchors created by empty
A elements, but some fail to do so."

That might be the problem.

Otherwise, do you have a URL of the page, so others can read your
code?

Hope you're well,
Ian
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Harlan Messinger

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June 27th, 2008
07:16 PM
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Re: Launching a page to a name reference

Ed Jay wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
or Opera
>
On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.

Try inserting the missing closing double quote.

Quote:

Originally Posted by

On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.
>
Both pages are in the same folder. When I invoke the link on Page 1, I get a
404 error in IE6. If I invoke the link without appending #here, the page
launches correctly. Am I missing something, or is this expected IE
[mis]behavior?

Ed Jay

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June 27th, 2008
07:16 PM
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Re: Launching a page to a name reference

Ed Jay scribed:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
>or Opera
>
>On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.
>On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.
>
>Both pages are in the same folder. When I invoke the link on Page 1, I get a
>404 error in IE6. If I invoke the link without appending #here, the page
>launches correctly. Am I missing something, or is this expected IE
>[mis]behavior?
>

Never mind...this appears to happen only if the files are hosted locally on
my drive. Works fine if the pages are on the server.

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Re: Launching a page to a name reference

Harlan Messinger scribed:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>Ed Jay wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
>or Opera
>>
>On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.

>
>Try inserting the missing closing double quote.

It's there, but not in my post. :-) Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.
>>
>Both pages are in the same folder. When I invoke the link on Page 1, I get a
>404 error in IE6. If I invoke the link without appending #here, the page
>launches correctly. Am I missing something, or is this expected IE
>[mis]behavior?

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Re: Launching a page to a name reference

Lance Manyon scribed:

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:16:50 -0700, Ed Jay wrote:
>

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>I'm having difficulty launching a page in IE with URL#name. No issue with FF
>or Opera
>>
>On Page 1, I have the link <a href="URL#here>Go here</a>.
>On Page 2, I have <a name="here"></a>.

>
>Hey Ed. At the W3C page for HTML 4.01, here:
><http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.2.3>
>
>it says: "User agents should be able to find anchors created by empty
>A elements, but some fail to do so."
>
>That might be the problem.

For some reason, which I'll not pursue, it works on the host, but not on the
local host.

Quote:

Originally Posted by

>
>Otherwise, do you have a URL of the page, so others can read your
>code?
>
>Hope you're well,
>Ian

Thanks, I am...and hope you are as well.

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