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RE: skip to content, where and how many?

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From: Leo Smith
Date: Mar 4, 2002 7:50AM

Jim,

thanks for the good point.

However, I have noticed that In Opera 5 (and maybe 6 - I haven't
tested), the anchor needs to be placed around some kind of
content for it to work.

Leo.

On 28 Feb 2002, at 20:01, Jim Thatcher wrote:

> It seems to me you are asking about the target of the skip link. I
> think many don't realize that <A name="skiptarget"></A> is just fine.
> No content is necessary. This is what makes it easy to incorporate the
> skip link into templates.
>
> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of
> Leo Smith Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:40 PM To: WebAIM forum
> Subject: skip to content, where and how many?
>
>
> Can I ask folks' opinions on acceptable anchors that the "skip nav"
> link on a page should go to. Would it be acceptable to have the link
> go to an anchor that is wrapped around a transparent gif, the gif
> being located right before the main content.
>
> The reason I ask is that I am trying to develop templates for folks to
> use on our campus, but want to make sure that the anchors are
> somewhere in the code that folks do not edit. If I place it around an
> <h1> or <h2> tag right at the beginning of the main content, then it
> might get deleted as people will be editing that part.
>
> So I guess my question is, does the anchor have to be right where the
> "meat" of the content begins, or would immediately before, around a
> transparent gif, be OK. Would this be confusing to a non- visual user
> who might expect to arrive right at the main content when they follow
> that link?
>
> Also, what do people think about having two skip navigation links on a
> page - one at the top for the repetitive header navigation, and one
> further into the page that would skip a long list of links located on
> the right of the page, jumping down to the content after this list of
> links (not back upto the first main content section, as that wouldn't
> make any sense, as the user would have already encountered that part
> of the page).
>
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Leo.
>
> Leo Smith
> Web Designer/Developer
> USM Office of Publications and Marketing
> University of Southern Maine
> 207-780-4774
>
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Leo Smith
Web Designer/Developer
USM Office of Publications and Marketing
University of Southern Maine
207-780-4774


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