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Using poll_id number as anchor

medusahead — GMT

hello, one other thing.

I have several polls on a pages and when someone votes, the page goes back to the top & they have to scroll back down to see their results. Not a huge deal, but kind of annoying.

I searched the forum for anchoring tips, but had no luck.

Here's my idea, but I'm not sure how to make it work (if it will work):

For example, I make an on my html page at the location of the poll in question, then I want to (or something like that) in the code/template to return the current poll_id number (in this case "7") back into the to the redirect script.

I feel like this might anchor to whatever poll is currently giving results...but I'm not sure how to implement it into the redirect...any hints?

Thanks

no luck yet

medusahead — GMT

hello,

Well, I'm hovering all around this problem & could use any advice anyone might have.

I can make links to the anchors in the template, but it needs to be automatic after a vote to get people back to the appropriate results, rather than the top of the page.
If I use a:

[code]form="url#anchor"[/code] in the template, it doesn't make it to the final HTML page. I suspect that it is getting lost when the php processes. This tells me I need to make the redirect to the anchor via php...but where is it? I've scoured all the files, but am confused about what gets me back to my HTML after a vote.

Also, I considered stuffing the anchor (that has the same name as the poll-id) into a:

[code]header (Location: ");[/code] ,but again, where? (if something like that would even work)

seriously, if anyone has any ideas, that would be awesome!
Thanks

medusahead — GMT

I got a little advice at phpfreaks about using poll_id to anchor via redirect...

[code]header("Location: #{$poll_id}");[/code]

But i'm starting to think that a redirect is unnecessary since the page with results loads anyway...

If I just find what part of the codes loads/reloads the page with the results, then maybe I can add anchor info to that...

I could really use some help...really any advice would be useful...

Thanks