The Named Anchor

A named anchor is a hidden reference marker for a particular section of your HTML file. This might be used to link to a different section of the same page if it is long, or to a marked section of another page.

The HTML format for creating the named anchor (the spot you want to jump TO) is:

<a name="NAME">Text to link to, or leave blank</a>

Where "NAME" in quotes is the reference point you make up.

  1. Open up your history.html file in Notepad and create a named anchor just after the opening <body> tag, and before the <h1> tag. Name it top
  2. Create a second named anchor at the start of the References section (the last section). Name it ref