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tigersi



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: jump links Reply with quote

Hi John,

Need your sage advice. I'm setting up an online store in my blog and plan on having a Store link from my TopNavBar custom component (Store link not set up yet).

I set up my first page for Amazon Books:
http://bigcatchronicles.blogharbor.com/blog/_WebPages/AmazonBooks2.html

Everything looks okay except for two things that I just can't figure out.

1) I want to use jump links to move from Hot Selling Titles links and jump down the page. I think I've got the right command (I poached it from another website of mine so my fingers are crossed). The problem I'm encountering though is every time I click the jump link, BlogHarbor opens a new window. I'm guessing it's because I have a default in my blog to do just that.

I want to keep the "open a new window" as my blog default and stay in the same window only for jump links. Is there some way for me to do that?

2) Want subheader titles to be black font but they won't change from purple (the subheaders are right above the Amazon book boxes). I'm not sure why I can't make the change. I'm wondering if it's because my links are defaulted to be purple and somehow BlogHarbor thinks the subheaders are links.

Whew! Any suggestions you have are most appreciated!

Thanks!
Roaring Tiger
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tigersi



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:07 pm    Post subject: solved the font color Reply with quote

John,

I figured out my header color problem. Still flumoxed over the jump link, though.

RT
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:11 am    Post subject: Re: solved the font color Reply with quote

It looks like what you are referring to are called Named Anchors, links to areas of the same document being browsed. I googled Named Anchors and found this page:

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/tut8d.html

and it seems to be a great explanation of how named anchors work. Check it out and let us know if you are unable to solve your problem after reading that page.
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tigersi



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:45 pm    Post subject: not quite there yet Reply with quote

Hi John,

I worked through the code needed to activate jump links. Success! With some qualifiers, though.

When I copy the HTML code into Dreamweaver and save the page to my desktop, then preview it in broswer format, the jump links work just like I want. I'm using them to jump up and down the page.

However, the jump links don't work within a BlogHarbor web page. I copied the HTML code from Dreamweaver and pasted it back into the BlogHarbor webpage (pasting into the Source) and saved the file. When I then view the HTML page and click a link, I get taken back to the BlogHarbor admin page. It seems like BlogHarbor is looking for an external link.

I think it might be because I have header code set up to default to opening new windows when a link is clicked. I want to keep the default (to open a new window) but in the case of jump links, stay in the same window. Is there some command I should try inserting into the HTML code.

The page in which all my jump links are set up in is
http://bigcatchronicles.blogharbor.com/blog/_WebPages/AmazonBooks2.html.

Thanks.
RT
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john
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:10 pm    Post subject: Re: not quite there yet Reply with quote

I am not sure where in your process the problem is coming from, but a quick glance at your pages reveals some HTML errors.

You have links like this in your page:

Code:
<A href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#top">Back to the top</A>


As the tutorial we linked to showed, the link should look simply like this:

Code:
<A href="#top">Back to the top</A>


Instead of this:

Code:
<a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#bios">Biographies and Memoirs</a>, <a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#gay">Gay and Lesbian</a>, <a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#history">History</a>, <a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#litfiction">Literature and Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#mystery">Mysteries and Thrillers</a>,<font color="#000000"> and </font><a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#scifi">Science Fiction and Fantasy</a>


This:

Code:
<a href="#bios">Biographies and Memoirs</a>, <a href="#gay">Gay and Lesbian</a>, <a href="#history">History</a>, <a href="#litfiction">Literature and Fiction</a>, <a href="#mystery">Mysteries and Thrillers</a>,<font color="#000000"> and </font><a href="#scifi">Science Fiction and Fantasy</a>


I think saving the page to your desktop and opening the page in Dreamweaver is not the way to go... That makes the page appear as if it was located in your control panel and is why your HTML had links to the control panel.

Try creating the page first locally, then looking at the source code and copying out the section which you are working on and entering it into our control panel.
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tigersi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:34 am    Post subject: you're right it's dreamweaver Reply with quote

Ah. You've probably hit on the problem. Dreamweaver. My links in Dreamweaver were what you had. It was in the copy/paste they changed. Thanks!

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tigersi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:53 am    Post subject: correction...it's the blogharbor template Reply with quote

Boy, I'm batting close to zero today.

The template is altering the jump menu command after I save the web page. I tried to correct the code to an <a name="#bios"...> command through the web page editor in BlogHarbor. When I save it, it converts it to a BlogHarbor url like

<a href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#bios">

Arg! Any thoughts?

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tigersi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:21 am    Post subject: adjustment to what I wrote above Reply with quote

From within the BlogHarbor web page editor, I typed in this command:

<A href="#bios">Biographies and Memoirs>/A>

When I saved the AmazonBooks2 page, BlogHarbor converted the command to:

<A href="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=edit_webpage/id=2108#bios">Biographies and Memoirs</A>

So the conversion happens whether I do the page composition in Dreamweaver or BlogHarbor.

What's the work around for this?

RT
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:43 am    Post subject: Re: adjustment to what I wrote above Reply with quote

I can confirm this with Windows XP Internet Explorer and the RIch Text Editor turned on...

Workarounds would be either to use Firefox or turn the RIch Text Editor off from Settings & Security > Advanced.

I'll send a report to the development team about this, sorry for the inconvenience.
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tigersi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:56 am    Post subject: whew, not crazy Reply with quote

Thanks, John!
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tigersi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fyi for your developers...problem also occurred with rtf turned off... in the Settings section.

RT
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one, this problem most definitely does not occur with the Rich Text Editor turned off...

I just checked your blog's settings and see that you have the Rich Text Editor enabled. To disable it, you would access your blog control panel, then click the Settings & Security tab. Then on the following page, you will see a link to Advanced. Click the Advanced link and you will be on the page for Advanced Settings.

Scroll down near the bottom of the page and you will see a row labeled Rich-Text Editor. Uncheck the box next to the text Enable rich-text editor. Now click the Save Settings button.

Your Rich Text Editor (or RTE) will be disabled and you will not experience the issue described earlier in this thread.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:39 pm    Post subject: more info Reply with quote

Hi John,

Ohmygod, you've done it. Whew, I changed the code and the jump links are working now. Thanks sooooooo much for your patience!

I've got to stop doing this stuff too late at night because I could swear I turned off the RTF. Rolling Eyes

Your patience with stupid user issues is one of the reasons your users love you.

RT
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