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How do you link to a post?

Juwel

Does anyone know how to link to a post (not a thread, a post)? I want to link to a post in my signature. Help!

Reply 1

Petrozzi

ZJuwelH

Does anyone know how to link to a post (not a thread, a post)? I want to link to a post in my signature. Help!

Right-click your mouse in the thread you want to link, then click properties, there'll be a http:// url, highlight it and copy/paste. Dance.

Reply 2

Petrozzi

ZJuwelH

Does anyone know how to link to a post (not a thread, a post)? I want to link to a post in my signature. Help!

Lol, or even more simply, I've just noticed at the very bottom of the scroll bar there's a "Link to this thread: x" thingy. :smile:

Reply 3

Juwel

Petrozzi

Lol, or even more simply, I've just noticed at the very bottom of the scroll bar there's a "Link to this thread: x" thingy. :smile:

I did say post not thread, but thanks a million Petrozzi!

Reply 4

Rich

ZJuwelH

Does anyone know how to link to a post (not a thread, a post)? I want to link to a post in my signature. Help!

As Petrozzi has mentioned, the URL for the thread can be gotten from the bottom of the thread in question. However to link to a specific post in a thread you need to use a URL of the form:

http://www.uk-learning.net/t14283.html#post109196

Where the 'http://www.uk-learning.net/t14283.html' part is the URL which links to the thread in question and you should substitute 109196 for the post ID of the post in question. This can be found by hovering your mouse over the 'reply' button for that post (not the 'post reply' button at the bottom) and looking at the URL displayed in your status bar. It should be of the form 'http://www.uk-learning.net/newreply.php&do=newreply&p=109252'. It's the 109252 number, which is the post ID.

I hope this helps,

Reply 5

rahaydenuk

As Petrozzi has mentioned, the URL for the thread can be gotten from the bottom of the thread in question. However to link to a specific post in a thread you need to use a URL of the form:

Can be gotten? A slight Americanism.

Reply 6

Juwel

Lord Huntroyde

Can be gotten? A slight Americanism.

Must you be so finicky?

Reply 7

Petrozzi

ZJuwelH

Must you be so finicky?

He's young and inept. But then, so am I. Bah. :smile:

Reply 8

ZJuwelH

Must you be so finicky?

When it comes to Americanisms, yes. They are a parasite on the English language, an incredibly large parasite.

Reply 9

Petrozzi

Lord Huntroyde

When it comes to Americanisms, yes. They are a parasite on the English language, an incredibly large parasite.

Word.

Reply 10

Rich

Lord Huntroyde

Can be gotten? A slight Americanism.

Maybe, however 'gotten' is a valid past participle of the verb 'to get'.

Reply 11

rahaydenuk

Maybe, however 'gotten' is a valid past participle of the verb 'to get'.

Yes, but used mostly and invented by Americans. Before there was no past participle of 'to get'.

It would have been better to use 'can be obtained'.

Reply 12

Petrozzi

Lord Huntroyde

Yes, but used mostly and invented by Americans. Before there was no past participle of 'to get'.

It would have been better to use 'can be obtained'.

However, then you realise he's at one of the best institutions for Computer Science in the world, and that sitting arguing over grammar and semantics is dull (an americanism in itself). :smile:

Reply 13

Petrozzi

However, then you realise he's at one of the best institutions for Computer Science in the world, and that sitting arguing over grammar and semantics is dull (an americanism in itself). :smile:

Not the most invigorating of debates, I'll grant you.