Web Development Documentation

This procedure explains how to create anchor links within articles on web sites using Joomla!.  Anchor links allow you to link to specific text on a page.

• Select an article to edit following steps 1-3 of Editing Articles or create a new article.
• Select some text where the anchor should be placed.
• Click the Insert/Edit Anchor button on the editing toolbar:
  
   

• Type a name for the anchor.  Names for anchors must begin with a letter, cannot contain spaces, and must be unique within articles.
  
• Click Insert.  You will see an anchor icon in front of the text you selected.
• To create a link from somewhere within the same article:
  • Highlight the text that will be linked to the anchor.
  • Click the Insert/Edit link button on the editing toolbar:
    
    
  • At the bottom of the Link pop-up window, click the Article Anchors dropdown menu (see #1 below).
  • Select the anchor name you entered earlier (see #2 below).
  • Click Insert (see #3 below).
    
    
• To create a link from another article:
  • Save the current article:
    • If you are in the front-end editor, click the Save button to the upper left.
    • If you are in the Joomla! Administrator, click the Save & Close button to the upper left.
  • Select the second article to edit following steps 1-3 of Editing Articles or create a new article.
  • Highlight the text that will be linked to the anchor link you created earlier.
  • Click the Insert/Edit link button on the editing toolbar: 
    
    
  • A Link popup window will appear.
  • Under Links, click Content.
  • Click the top-level category that contains the article you want to link to (see #1 below).
  • If your article is in a subcategory, click the arrow to the left of the subcategory containing the article containing your anchor link.  (If the article is in a category several levels down, you may need to repeat this step until you find the article).
  • You should see the anchor link you created listed below the article - click on it (see #2 below).
    
    
  • Click Insert (see #3 below).
    
    
• If you are editing the article from the front end of the web site, click the Save button to the upper left to save your changes and close the article.
• If you are working in the Joomla! Administrator, to save your changes and continue editing the article, click the Save button to the upper left. 
• If you are working in the Joomla! Administrator, when you are done editing the article, click the Save & Close button to the upper left.