Have bbs load bottom of page instead of top from outside URL
 

How would I go about loading forum.php so when you click on the link it loads the page from the bottom first with an anchor? So the link would look like www.mydomain.com/bbs folder/forum.php#footer

I am not sure I understand your question, it is a bit unclear.

When forum.php is executed it loads template FORUMHOME. So you could place an anchor in "FORUMHOME right above the footer template variable. You could also place your anchor in the "footer template" directly, thus making it available on all pages.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for. :)

If I can link to that and it loads the page and takes the user to the footer part that is what I want. so the URL to the bbs would be www.mydomain.com/bbsfolder/forum.php#footer

That would load the footer part of the page if one would follow that link. That is what I am trying to do. Sorry to be confusing.

Should work, give it a try. As long as the user has access/permission to the page. :)

In fourmhome template I see the {vb:raw footer} code. I put the <a href="#footer"></a>

just above it and it did not work. Do I wrap that href code around something?

It works, but you will have to reposition the anchor to the top of your shoutbox or the template hook that it uses. :)

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You could try sticking the anchor above:

In the FORUMHOME template.

Why not just use:

Thanks both ideas work. :)

Yeah, I just gave you a alternative to adding additional code to the template. :)

Good suggestion, but he really needed below the forums, not above the footer. His explanation was in reverse notation. I think the correct lesson here is that you can use any existing #ID field on an HTML element as it is also a destination anchor. :)

Correct, any part of the template that has a id you can anchor to, like so.

So in that, id="SOME_TEXT" #SOME_TEXT would be your anchor. :)

NICE !!! I didn't know this lol ...:)

Yeah it is a pretty neat trick if you want to direct someone to a specific spot on a page. :)

Yes !!! :) ... I tried it and it kicks butt !!! Thanks my Man !!

Not a problem. :)

This is standard HTML anchoring. I think it is a mistake to refer to it as a trick -- I know not your intention.

Here is a link, for those that are interested. Since we have sidetracked this thread terribly. :)

http://www.motive.co.nz/glossary/anchor.php

So it has to have the h2 in it. Not sure with CSS what is an ID is.

I would like to anchor a link to one spot on forum.php. I have a list of 13 boards on forum.php Would like to set up an anchor to just one of them so when someone loads the anchor link it will load the page so that board is at top.

Link to the page, and what spot you want it to anchor to?