Should I make HTML Anchors with 'name' or 'id'?

Question

When one wants to refer to some part of a webpage with the \"http://example.com/#foo\" method, should one use

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Answer 1

I have to say if you are going to be linking to that area in the page... such as page.html#foo and Foo Title isn't a link you should be using:

Foo Title

If you instead put an reference around it your headline will be influenced by an specific CSS within your site. It's just extra markup, and you shouldn't need it. I'd highly recommend placing an id on the headline, not only is it better formed, but it will allow you to either address that object in Javascript or CSS.