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Linking to a specific post; how to get URL?

jcwrenjcwren Posts: 44
edited 2010-01-19 18:27 in General Discussion
There's a post in this thread (http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=575479) that I'd like to reference, the second one up from the bottom of the page.

Is there a way to get a message ID number or URL that I'm not seeing (the answer is probably 'yes' [noparse]:)[/noparse] )?

--jc

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-01-19 01:11
    Hover your mouse over any one of the widgets in the upper righthand corner of the post:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=66900

    Your browser whould display a URL. At the end of the URL, you will see something like m=123456. Take just the number and append it to the thread url, using #m as a delimiter. So, for 123456 and your url you'd get:

    ····http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=6&m=114128#m123456

    A link such as this will take you to the specified page, then scroll down to the referenced post automatically.

    -Phil

    Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 1/19/2010 1:17:01 AM GMT
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  • James LongJames Long Posts: 1,181
    edited 2010-01-19 01:33
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) said...
    Hover your mouse over any one of the widgets in the upper righthand corner of the post:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=66900

    Your browser whould display a URL. At the end of the URL, you will see something like m=123456. Take just the number and append it to the thread url, using #m as a delimiter. So, for 123456 and your url you'd get:

    ····http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=6&m=114128#m123456

    A link such as this will take you to the specified page, then scroll down to the referenced post automatically.

    -Phil

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    Thanks Phil,

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  • jcwrenjcwren Posts: 44
    edited 2010-01-19 03:14
    Cool, thanks!

    Now, see, what *should* happen when you hover the mouse over the icon, is it should tell you what the icon means. I'm guessing the middle one means "Bad post, DO NOT LIKE!" (to paraphrase a LOL cat-ism). The other two? No idea.

    --jc
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-01-19 05:35
    The little "!" in the balloon produces a reply that quotes the thread when you click on it; the bold "!" sends a message to the administrator to flag the post as BAD. I've never used either of them that way, though, so I don't know if they actually work.

    -Phil
  • John R.John R. Posts: 1,376
    edited 2010-01-19 18:27
    The middle one (thumbs down) means "Bad Poster! Ignore all posts from <author>"

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