# symbol in URL - what does this mean?

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]

Helpful correction: a hash value in the URL signifies focusing on the element with the name=”“ attribute. Not the id.

Ha! You mean Misleading correction? The "#foo" in a URI is known as a "Fragment Identifier" and it works just like others in this thread have correctly.

Here's a rough anatomy of a URI

scheme://host.name.com/directory/file.php/path/info?query=string#fragment