[pmwiki-users] anchor in url prevents editing

[H. Fox]

On 4/15/07, JB <jbit at bitlink.com> wrote:
> Having an anchor in a url makes "?action=edit" stop working.
>
> For example at url:
>
>    http://gnuzoo.org/test/AdvancedTableDirectives#zebratables
>
> try to edit via URL:
>
>    http://gnuzoo.org/test/AdvancedTableDirectives#zebratables?action=edit
>
> It does not go to the editor. Is there a way to fix this?

The # is a " fragment identifier" used by the browser only.  Nothing
after the # is sent to the server because the # defines the end of a
query string.  ?action=edit needs to be to the left of the # .

Hagan

http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xhtml2-20030506/mod-hypertext.html