Add means to link directly to specific content blocks

[tsmyre]

For projects that contain a lot of material—esp. those with many texts—it would be useful to be able to link directly to specific content blocks from a hero call-to-action. E.g., if I have an Interviews section with forty different interviews, I could link to that content block generally instead of arbitrarily calling one out to get the reader's attention to that section.

This would have the added benefit of being able to direct users to specific points of interest when large content blocks increase the scroll of the project.

Indeed that is heart of the matter: how best to manage projects with a lot of content and focus reader's attention.

[jojokarlin]

I see the advantage of this, too. With many of the OER coming in, instructors are going the many texts route (rather than chapters of a book). Some instructors have compiled selections that they want their students to pick up at need (I'm thinking about the student writing compilations that aren't linear but are grouped (https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/gender-and-society) and as well as today's textbook which will have sections that can be shuffled). They won't necessarily want a "Start Reading" call to action that drops them into the text, but I could see them wanting a shortcut button to a specific portion of the homepage.

[zdavis]

Thank you for taking the time to open this feature request. The Manifold team reviewed this issue during our bi-weekly meeting and the consensus is that this feature makes sense and is in keeping with our overall vision for the platform. Moreover, we see this request as a viable candidate for development under our current available funding. We’re adding a “planned” label to this feature to indicate that we plan on completing it within our current funding cycle.

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