Posted by Eric on 05/27/06 20:35

Thanks for your help, but it looks like I'm just going to have to use the
"Back" link. I have links to anchors at the top of the index page so they
should be able to return to their previous spot pretty easily.

I found a good article on external style sheets for anyone else who wants it
(http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/csstut5.htm). I'll use them in the
future. This site is actually just one long list which links to separate
web galleries. The galleries will all be the same type. So I won't need to
make any universal changes since I only have one sheet.

I'll choose a background color.

Thanks!

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> Eric wrote:
>
>> I'm building a website ...
>>
>> After you're done viewing the photo gallery, I want the viewer to be able
>> to
>> go right back to the list at the same spot he left it at. It's a long
>> list
>> and I don't want the viewer to have to spend time finding the spot he was
>> in. Unfortunately, the back button on the browser isn't much help since
>> it
>> makes you reverse scroll through all of the pictures you have already
>> viewed. With 30-40 pictures of some consoles it will take a long time to
>> do
>> that.
>
> Some users are smart enough to use the dropdown of the back button and
> go back more than one page, though I'll stipulate the percentage would
> not be large.
>
>> Instead I'm using a simple text link ("Back") that goes back to the index
>> page. But, it takes you to the top and the viewer has to scroll down and
>> find his spot again. So, I'd like to make the Back link take them to
>> their
>> previous spot in the index page, not the top. Any tips?
>
> The only way to do this is to give each link on the main page a name or
> id.
> <a name="thisgame"></a> or <a id="thisgame"></a>
> Then code the "Back" link on each of those 30-40 picture pages as:
> <a href="mainpage.html#thisgame">Back to main list</a>
>
> Put the Back link at the top of photos page. Prominently. Maybe
> construct and style it like a breadcrumb.
>
>> http://www.japan-games.com/Database/index.html.
>
> Learn to use external style sheets.
>
> You have no background color assigned, so I see my default purple.
>
> For the DOCTYPE, new pages should be Strict rather than Transitional.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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