Question on <a href>

[ivalum21]

This is what I got so far. I'm looping my category names into a table and trying to link them to sections on the same page below the table of categories.

What am I doing wrong?

<cfoutput>

<cfset I = 1>
<cfset columns = 3>

<table align="center" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0">

<cfloop query="GetCat">
<cfif i MOD columns EQ 1>
  <tr>
</cfif>
<td><a href="Section1?catID=#FAQCatID#">#GetCat.FAQCategoryName#</a></td>
<cfif i MOD columns EQ 0>
  </tr>
</cfif>
<cfset i = i + 1>
</cfloop>

<cfif i MOD columns NEQ 1>
  </tr>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>
</table>

<a name="Section1">This is section 1!!</a>

 

[NorthStarDA]

Section1?catID=#FAQCatID#

it looks like you are trying to pass a variable to another section of the page. I don't think you can pass variables to anchors, and the href would need to look like (as Teknology said)

<a href="#Section1">click to go to section 1</a>


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[ivalum21]

Whenever I do that, I get an error saying "Invalid construct"...it thinks I need another # or something.

 

[NorthStarDA]

yeah you probably need to make it 2 #'s


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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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[ivalum21]

Then it says "Section1 is not defined"....???

 

[NorthStarDA]

please post your new code, i'll have a look


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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison

 

[ivalum21]

<!--- Loop Categories into Table --->
<cfoutput>

<cfset I = 1>
<cfset columns = 3>

<table align="center" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0">

<cfloop query="GetCat">
	<cfif i MOD columns EQ 1>
		<tr>
	</cfif>
	<td><a href="#Section1">#GetCat.FAQCategoryName#</a></td>
	<cfif i MOD columns EQ 0>
		</tr>
	</cfif>
	<cfset i = i + 1>
</cfloop>

<cfif i MOD columns NEQ 1>
 	</tr>
</cfif>

</cfoutput>
</table>

<a name="Section1">This is section 1!!</a>

 

[NorthStarDA]

this doesn't work for you?

<td><a href="##Section1">#GetCat.FAQCategoryName#</a></td>

i rarely use anchors this way, but i think this should work for you.


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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison

 

[ivalum21]

That works...thank you very much.

Just wondering, you said that isn't the way you use anchors, how do you use them?

 

[NorthStarDA]

well i just meant i have never output anchors dynamically- i don't see anything wrong with how you're doing it


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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison