Linking to specific ID on another Wordpress page? - wordpress

Question

I have a header.php, that appears in every single page on my blog, with a navbar that looks like this:
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Logistics</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</nav>
But when I click the anchor tag linking to #contact, which is located in page with id 5, as you can see by the php code, nothing happens. I tried using a slash (/#contact) but I keep getting the same behavior. Isn't this the correct way of linking to a specific id on another page?
EDIT: I also have some smooth scrolling code (below) which I think may be related to my issue.
<script>
$( document ).ready( function () {
// Add smooth scrolling to all links
$( "a" ).on( 'click', function ( event ) {
// Make sure this.hash has a value before overriding default behavior
if ( this.hash !== "" ) {
// Prevent default anchor click behavior
event.preventDefault();
// Store hash
var hash = this.hash;
// Using jQuery's animate() method to add smooth page scroll
// The optional number (800) specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to scroll to the specified area
$( 'html, body' ).animate( {
scrollTop: $( hash ).offset().top
}, 800, function () {
// Add hash (#) to URL when done scrolling (default click behavior)
window.location.hash = hash;
} );
} // End if
} );
} );
</script>
Thanks!

Answer 1

You have a javascript error.
<script>
$( document ).ready( function () {
// Add smooth scrolling to all links
$( "a" ).on( 'click', function ( event ) {
// Make sure this.hash has a value before overriding default behavior
if ( this.hash !== "" ) {
// Prevent default anchor click behavior
event.preventDefault();
// Store hash
var hash = this.hash;
// Using jQuery's animate() method to add smooth page scroll
// The optional number (800) specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to scroll to the specified area
$( 'html, body' ).animate( {
scrollTop: $( hash ).offset().top
}, 800, function () {
// Add hash (#) to URL when done scrolling (default click behavior)
window.location.hash = hash;
} );
} // End if
} );
} );
</script>
Here is the problem. On the home page you have a div with id #contato. On the other pages it is not there.
$( 'html, body' ).animate( {
scrollTop: $( hash ).offset().top
}, 800, function () {
// Add hash (#) to URL when done scrolling (default click behavior)
window.location.hash = hash;
} );
Your hash var's value is "#contato", but when js tries to get it's offset you recieve an error saying that it's impossible to read property top of 'undefined'. So, you can try to remove that part of the script from the other pages and only keep it on home. This should work like a charm. If you have any question, please ask.
LE: I'd recommend this method for smooth scroll (I didn't tested it for your case, but it always worked for me)
$(function() {
$('a[href*="#"]:not([href="#"])').click(function() {
if (location.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') == this.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') && location.hostname == this.hostname) {
var target = $(this.hash);
target = target.length ? target : $('[name=' + this.hash.slice(1) +']');
if (target.length) {
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: target.offset().top
}, 1000);
return false;
}
}
});
});

Answer 2

use
<?php echo get_page_link(5)."#contact"; ?>
instead of get permalink function