How can I send the contents of a link's destination to a div?

Question

I am wanting to get the innerHTML of a local page to display in a target div. Here' the relevant code:
<div class="sidebar1" >
  <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical" >
       <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 1</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#" onclick="display("topics/Heat_Sources.htm");">Item 1.1</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Item 1.2</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Item 1.3</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
       <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
             <ul>
               <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
               <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
             </ul>
           </li>
           <li><a href="#">Item 3.2</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Item 3.3</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
  </ul>
  <!-- end .sidebar1 --></div>
<div class="fltrt content" id="help_content" >
      </div>
<div class="footer">
      <p>This .footer contains the declaration position:relative; to give Internet Explorer 6 hasLayout for the .footer and cause it to clear correctly. If you're not required to support IE6, you may remove it.</p>
      <!-- end .footer --></div>
<!-- end .container -->
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
function display(link){
            var helpcont = document.getElementById("help_content");
            helpcont.innerHTML(link);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks in advance for the help!
jf

Answer 1

Look at named anchors.
Click a link, page scrolls  to the named anchor point.
http://alt-web.com/TEST/ScrollTo.shtml
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