Return to specific place in another page

[thetowans]

When you get half way down a page on my website there is a href link which takes you to another page, when you have finished looking at this second page I want to be able to return to where I left the first page without having to scroll down again to where I left it. I know that within a page I can use the A HREF and A NAME tags to get to a certain place on the page but is there a way to come back to the page to that specific spot. Would be grateful for any help, Many thanks

[brad-hmblp]

if the place has an anchore with a refernece
URL#anchorpoint
just code that into your link (view source) of the page you want to go to to see if there is an anchor point you can use

[toicontien]

To expand on brad-hmblp's solution:

<a href="faq.html#why_do_this">Why Do This?</a>
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<p><a name="why_do_this"></a> ... </p>

Clicking the Why Do This link will jump you down the page, and hitting the back button jumps you back up. Further, bookmarking the Why Do This link will go to that page and jump you down at the same time.