[Athen] HTML coding question: anchors

[Heidi Scher]

Thanks, Cath! Appreciate it. I was a bit confused too, but anchors are bit
over my HTML view these days!  I'll be sharing your info with my colleague!

Stay well, Heidi
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:31 PM Stager, Catherine <
Catherine.Stager at frontrange.edu> wrote:


> Guess I’m a little confused by their question.

>

> They have a skip nav, which is linked to Content, but they do not have any

> id=content anywhere on the page. They open 2 <section>s, but they do not

> have a <main>. I assume they want to link into the section that has the 6

> grids - id="a-collaborative-approach": each of the 6 also has id values.

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> *So an anchor links to an id*… the link text would need to be clear, but

> I am not really sure what they mean about being in close proximity.  Since

> each of the grids would move when the page displayed differently, it could

> be logical to link to each one, you just have to make sure the link text is

> clearly portraying the destination.

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> Best regards,

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> Cath

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> Catherine M. Stager

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> Hello fellow ATHEN members! I'm looking for a bit of guidance related to

> some HTML coding related to anchors. A colleague has brought em the

> following issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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> The issue we are up against is creating anchors where we think people are

> naturally looking for them, and the WCAG rule about multiple anchors going

> to the same place in close proximity to each other.

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> Here is an example: https://resiliency.uark.edu/

> <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresiliency.uark.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Chascher%40uark.edu%7C17677c2eabfc4b99236d08d82e4ccbe6%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637310254664291267&sdata=4AmCqEjuh80RS1er9Kv9r81nTTU8bWwCdV88FmrcbF8%3D&reserved=0>. There

> are 6 panels on this page.

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> Thanks again!

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> Heidi

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