WordPress.com Forums » Topic: New and existing anchor points keep disappearing http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing WordPress.com Forums » Topic: New and existing anchor points keep disappearing en Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 coffeemanmatt on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1040202 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:30:12 +0000 coffeemanmatt 1040202@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Howdy all,

Please refer to this thread for updates on this issue.

Thanks!

]]> hebrews110 on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1040043 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:51:38 +0000 hebrews110 1040043@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ But all of my code is gone, I can't just replace it. What is the code to use without any of the text inside of it?

]]> nleviatan on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039851 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:15:03 +0000 nleviatan 1039851@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The code for name and id is the same. After replacing "name" with "id" your links and page jumps should work exactly as before.

]]> hebrews110 on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039843 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:36:55 +0000 hebrews110 1039843@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I need more help with this. My "name" anchors didn't have the words I was jumping to within the tag. I just pasted them above the place it was to jump to. What is the code so I can do that with the id tag? It would be way too much effort to insert it around some text. I have 700 and some to change! I just want to paste them in, change the number and move on.

Also, am I going to have to change anything with the links that go to the anchors?

Thanks for your help. I really need it.

]]> hebrews110 on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039833 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:39:37 +0000 hebrews110 1039833@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I edit those pages weekly. So I have to redo a thousand anchors--literally. This isn't going to be fixed any other way?

]]> nleviatan on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039565 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:46:32 +0000 nleviatan 1039565@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ hebrews110: In existing posts the name attribute disappeared (and page jumps stopped working) only after updating a post. As long as you don't edit existing posts everything should be fine.

]]> hebrews110 on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039519 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:04:14 +0000 hebrews110 1039519@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So do I have to reinsert hundreds of anchors? The pages still jump even though the code disappeared. I just write it differently from now on? I find it disconcerting that the code is just gone, even if it does still work.

]]> evitae on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039491 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:38:17 +0000 evitae 1039491@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ nleviatan, thanx! If you knew that how much work was in some of my recent pages to insert anchors and jumps...! To replace all the nameswith idswould be also a pretty much work. And joyful. I kiss the WP! Thanx to god that I has tried and applied the page anchors and jumps not long ago.

]]> nleviatan on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039455 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:14:20 +0000 nleviatan 1039455@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ evitae: name worked until a few days ago. Now, only the id attribute works.
I think that WordPress changed their HTML validation algorithm to comply with HTML 5, broke a bunch of pages in the process without informing the user and forgot (or didn't get around) to update the online documentation (last modified in August 2, 2012).

]]> evitae on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039449 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:06:35 +0000 evitae 1039449@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dear timethief, that page says also the name tag but not id. I can say again: there is a WP bug or sudden and secret change here about :-)

]]> timethief on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039370 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:42:33 +0000 timethief 1039370@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I recommend http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/links-to-specific-points-on-a-page/

]]> evitae on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039366 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:35:57 +0000 evitae 1039366@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hm, "code" tag doesn't work also? I try with the backtick:
<a name="top"></a>
If it will be wrong, I give up.

]]> evitae on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039362 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:31:32 +0000 evitae 1039362@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here (on WP support page: http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/page-jumps/) they advise the name and not id:
<a></a>
And it had worked for some month until now! I think it is a bug or they has changed the algorithm without any message to users.

]]> nleviatan on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1039013 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:01:06 +0000 nleviatan 1039013@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I think I've found the solution. The "name" attribute is not supported in HTML 5. Instead of "name" use the "id" attributes. It's a pity that WordPress HTML validation code just removed "name" instead of replacing it with "id".
Use <a id="jumphere">Here</a> instead of <a name="jumphere">Here</a>

]]> nleviatan on "New and existing anchor points keep disappearing" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-and-existing-anchor-points-keep-disappearing#post-1038616 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:12:02 +0000 nleviatan 1038616@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I believe there is a new bug with page jumps. Every anchor point I add disappears once I switch back to the Visual Editor or save a draft.
All of my previously created anchor points are also gone.

By comparing Post Revision I traced the page anchor deletion to between October 5 and October 11.
Blog url: http://lokissciphile.wordpress.com/

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