This is a mod for YaBB 2.2
More language files and additional discussion from the Y2.1 version of this mod can be found in the original topic.

This mod allows you to create anchors within your posts, and link to those anchors, so that you can break up your posts/topics into various sections.

To use this mod, you will simply use the following tag to generate the anchor:
Code:

[anchor=Testing]This is a test anchor[/anchor] 

and the following tags to link to that anchor (as long as you are linking from within the same page):
Code:

[link goto=Testing]This is a link that will lead you to the anchor "Testing"[/link] 

Unlike other forum software, where it is virtually impossible to create links that will open in the same window (since the "url" tag always creates a blank target), YaBB makes it easy to open links in the same window by using the "link" tag instead.  This mod makes use of that link tag, and takes it one step further by making it really easy to link to anchors that you've created in your topic.

You might also want to find the following in your Sources/Post.pl (yours may look slightly different, which is why I did not include this alteration in this mod):

           <div style="width: 484px; clear: both;">
           <div style="width: 391px; float:left;">

and replace the widths with values that are approximately 25 to 30 pixels wider (in this example, that would be 514 and 421).

Changelog:
From 0.1b
Ported this mod over to Y2.2
From 0.1a
Added two new UBBC buttons to Post page.

You can see this mod in action over at:
http://dcevolution.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1129386190/0#1

An update:

I was looking to get both of the button icons together on the right side of the top row.. as seen in this screenshot



Let me say up front that I probably know more Swahili than I do any kind of code, so if the following code listings are horrible, that's just my lack of knowledge.

I modified my Post.pl file in the following ways AFTER doing the mod, so it's mostly just a rearrangement of what the mod code itself did.  But to show the steps, I'll use a "<find> and.." format for clarity.


Code:

<find>

document.write("<img src='$imagesdir/timestamp.gif' onclick='timestamp($date);' "+HAND+" align='top' width='23' height='22' alt='$post_txt{'245'}' title='$post_txt{'245'}' border='0' \/><br />");
~;

<replace with>

document.write("<img src='$imagesdir/timestamp.gif' onclick='timestamp($date);' "+HAND+" align='top' width='23' height='22' alt='$post_txt{'245'}' title='$post_txt{'245'}' border='0' \/>");
~;

# removes the line break 

then moved your mod code parts together, adding the line break at the end...

Code:

<find>

document.write("<img src='$imagesdir/timestamp.gif' onclick='timestamp($date);' "+HAND+" align='top' width='23' height='22' alt='$post_txt{'245'}' title='$post_txt{'245'}' border='0' \/>");
~;


<add after>

# Begin Internal Links and Anchors Code

	fopen(FILE, "$vardir/AnchorSettings.txt");
		$thedata = <FILE>;
	fclose(FILE);
	($anchor_val,$anchor_button) = split (/\|/, $thedata); 
	$anchor_dir .= qq~$modimgurl/anchor_buttons/$anchor_button~;

if($anchor_val eq 'yes') {
$yymain .= qq~	    document.write("<img src='$anchor_dir/anchor.gif' onclick='anchor();' "+HAND+" align='top' width='23' height='22' alt='$anchor_txt{'4'}' title='$anchor_txt{'4'}' border='0' />");~;
}

	# End Internal Links and Anchors Code

if($anchor_val eq 'yes') {
$yymain .= qq~	    document.write("<img src='$anchor_dir/anchor_link.gif' onclick='anchor_link();' "+HAND+" align='top' width='23' height='22' alt='$anchor_txt{'5'}' title='$anchor_txt{'5'}' border='0' /><br />");~;
}


# adds both buttons to right side of top row and adds line break after link icon 

I expanded the width using both of these.  Unfortunately I was not smart enough to do them one at a time, so I'm not even sure I need both.

Code:

<find>

<div style="float: left; width: 440px;">

<replace with>

<div style="float: left; width: 495px;">

# expands width to allow for 2 more icons 

Code:

<find>

document.write('<div style="width: 437px; float: left;">');

<replace with>

document.write('<div style="width: 493px; float: left;">');

#expands width to allow for 2 more icons 

Making those changes gave me the buttons just as they show in the picture.  

I like this MOD... very handy!

Thanks.

Thanks for the update, Cable.  Hopefully I'll have a chance to add those notes into the mod in the next month or so.

Unfortunately, I've been really busy dealing with stuff at home lately, and haven't had much time to code.

try it ... lots of older MODs work with the Newer YaBB versions .. without upgrading the MOD.
  Sometimes it is just a simple correction to the search string (where to place the New code) is all that needed to install.