When your blog page is too long you have to provide navigation links to enable the viewer to quickly jump to the top of the page after scrolling down to the bottom. In Anchor Links and Mail To links I described how to make such links within your post. These are useful especially if you want to make a FAQ page.


If you want a "Skip to Top" link at the bottom of your posts or in your blog footer it is better to add them in your template. You can also create a "Skip to Post Updates" link just below the post title for viewers who have already read the post and wish to read the Updates at the bottom.......

CREATE DESTINATION ANCHOR

This will be at the top of the page where you will end up on clicking the link. To create it follow these steps :

1. Login at Blogger.com.

2. Click 'Layout' link on Dashboard.

3. On Page Elements tab click 'Edit Html' subtab of Layout tab at top.

4. In Template Code box scroll down to this code :

<div id='outer-wrapper'><div id='wrap2'>

Immediately below it paste this code :

<a href='data:post.url' name='top'/>

5. Save Template.


You have just created the destination anchor for your link at the top of the page.

CREATE SOURCE ANCHOR OR LINK

The next step is to create the link itself which when clicked will jump the viewer to the top of the page. Follow these steps :

1. Login at Blogger.com.

2. Click 'Layout' link on Dashboard.

3. On Page Elements tab click 'Edit Html' subtab of Layout tab at top.

4. On Edit Html page click the 'Expand Widgets Template' checkbox at the top of the Template Code box. The Template code will expand.

5. In Template Code box scroll down to this line in the Blog Posts Footer widget :

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'>

Immediately below paste the following code line :

<a href='#top'>Skip to top of post.</a>

6. Save Template.

7. You can paste this code line in your Blog Footer also.


Check out the links below this post.

SKIP TO UPDATES

If you have an old post you wish to update with the latest news you can put in "Skip to Update" link at the top of your post in the post editor. Follow these steps :

1. Login at Blogger.com.

2. Click 'Posts' link on Dashboard.

3. List of Posts page will open.

4. Click 'Edit' link for the post you want to update.

5. Post will open in Post Editor.

6. At the top of the post put this as the first line :

<a href='#update'>Skip to Post Updates.</a>

7. Scroll down in the Post Editor to bottom of post.

8. Type in this line :

<a href='LINK_OF_POST' name='update'>POST UPDATES</a>

9. Replace 'LINK_OF_POST' with the permalink of the post.

10. Type in your updates below it and Publish post.


Happy Blogging!


P.S. You can add a Post Update anchor link in the template also. It will then appear on every post. You can also add it in Settings----->Formatting----->Post Template so that it is available whenever you create a post.