<p>An anchor is created using the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> tag in HTML. An anchor allows you to place a bookmark inside an HTML page. In Joomla!, you can place an anchor inside an article (for example, using the TinyMCE editor). This lets you create a link that will go directly to that point in the article.</p>

<p>The HTML source code for an anchor looks like the following:</p>

<div class="highlight"><pre>&lt;a name="my_anchor" title="My Anchor"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</pre></div>

<p>You can link to an anchor from within the same page using the HTML code</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre>&lt;a href="#my_anchor" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;</pre></div>

<p>Clicking that link will take you directly to the location of the anchor tag.</p>

<p>You can link to an anchor in a different page by appending "#" plus the anchor name to the end of the URL. In the example above, if the URL for the article was <code>http://www.mysite.com/my_article.html</code>, then you could link directly to the anchor in that page with the URL <code>http://www.mysite.com/my_article.html#my_anchor</code>.</p>