Title: Problem navigation with #link
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem navigation with #link

 *  [boddhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boddhi/)
 * (@boddhi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/)
 * Hello, i’m using a theme with this snippet to create a #link to my pages in my
   index page.
    It uses the page link for the navigation.
 * It works great when my page title is exactly the same as my page permalink but
   as soon as my page title include a space or two words the pag and the post_title
   get different and the #link doesn’t work anymore.
 *     ```
       $new_title = str_replace(" ", "", $pag->post_title);
       echo '
       <li><a href="#'.$new_title.'">post_title.'">'.$pag->post_title.'</a></li>
       ';
       ```
   
 * Does someone have a idea to make it work another way?
    thanks in advance bye

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 *  [MandyWhite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandywhite/)
 * (@mandywhite)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817506)
 * Is the target using your permalink? If yes, don’t use page title after the #.
   Use your permalink so it matches that target link. If your permalink includes
   directory names, then simply using the permalink may not work. There’s no way
   I can know the target so first, you need to figure out how the target name is
   determined, and then use the same method in your menu link..
 *  Thread Starter [boddhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boddhi/)
 * (@boddhi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817571)
 * the structure is okay for the page except that i give you an example:
 * my about page title is “about” and my permalink is going to be :
    “[http://mysite.com/about/&#8221](http://mysite.com/about/&#8221);
 * like that my #link works great
 * I got a problem when :
    my problem page title is “problem page” and my permalink
   is automatically going to be : “[http://mysite.com/problem_page/&#8221](http://mysite.com/problem_page/&#8221);
 * Then my page title and the permalink are different and then the #link doesn’t
   work anymore.
 * My knowledge of php is really basic but i’m sure there is a way to change this
   snippet so it doesn’t use the post title but the permalink
 * if someone want to see the full index page i can send it directly.
    Thanks
 *  [MandyWhite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandywhite/)
 * (@mandywhite)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817577)
 *  w/in the page.
 *  [MandyWhite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandywhite/)
 * (@mandywhite)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817578)
 * Sorry.. that didn’t work b/c I used html. It should be a link with ID=”YOURTARGET”
 *  [MandyWhite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandywhite/)
 * (@mandywhite)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817580)
 * You might not be able to see the link with your target but it’s there in the 
   code. At times, it’s wrapped around a title or image. Your menu #TARGETWORD must
   match the A tag with ID=TARGETWORD. It must be the same word. It’s obviously 
   doing something different, and it’s not the same. You want to duplicate it to
   match the page’s target A ID=” link. Actually, if you can view source on a page
   that’s working, open it in norepad, and search the page for the exact same word.
   Then find the PHP code that writes the A link’s target, and make sure the format
   and field match.
 *  [MandyWhite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandywhite/)
 * (@mandywhite)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817598)
 * Sorry, I just read your comment re: the index code. If you can post a link to
   the template file that has the PHP code the writes the target link (not your 
   menu link but the spot the menu link targets, as in the anchor), I can tell you
   what you need to put in the menu after #. It’s good to check just in case it’s
   not the permalink. It’s possible that the anchor has id=”problem_page” or id=”
   problem-page”. The code could be replacing a space in the title with something
   else. That’s why I wanted you to check the code that write that actual target
   for the link in your menu. The two words must match for the page to hit the right
   target when someone clicks it.
 *  Thread Starter [boddhi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boddhi/)
 * (@boddhi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-navigation-with-link/#post-1817607)
 *     ```
       <!-- NAVIGATION -->
       <ul class="side_navigation">
       	<li><a href="#page-single" id="page-top">Top</a></li>
       	<?php
       	$pages = get_pages('sort_order=asc&sort_column=menu_order&depth=1');
       	foreach ($pages as $pag) {
       	$new_title = str_replace(" ", "", $pag->post_title);
       	echo '<li><a href="#'.$new_title.'"title="'.$pag->post_title.'">'.$pag->post_title.'</a></li>';}
       		?>
       </ul>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * **and in the content i have this :**
 *     ```
       <?php
       	$pages = get_pages('sort_order=asc&sort_column=menu_order&depth=1');
       	foreach ($pages as $pag) {
       	setup_postdata($pag);
       	$new_title = str_replace(" ", "", $pag->post_title);
       		?>
   
       <div class="content-wrap" id="<?=$pag->post_title;?>">
       	<h3 class="sub-title"><?=$pag->post_title?></h3>
       	<div class="break-page"></div>
       	<div class="break-delta"></div>
   
       <?php the_content(); ?>
       </div>
       <? } ?>
       ```
   
 * There is only one page and the menu links get to the #
 * thanks for your help

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