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Jeremy Grenemyer
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 Posted - 02 Jun 2012 : 07:24:37
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That is, how do I write a link to a specific post in the middle of a thread?
Every now and then I have the need to link to something found here on Candlekeep, but whatever it is I'm linking too is buried twenty pages in on a large thread.
Is there a way to link to specific posts in a thread?
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Jun 2012 : 10:03:43
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Well what has appeared to work is do a quote reply, then copy that link instead of sending a reply.
Something like this http://forum.candlekeep.com/post.asp?method=TopicQuote&TOPIC_ID=16610&FORUM_ID=18 might work for you. |
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"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 02 Jun 2012 : 18:25:08
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Not that I know of, JG. If you're quick enough, you can go to a poster's profile page, see one of their recent posts of interest, and copy the direct link to that one post.
But once anyone else has posted to the scroll/thread, I know of no way to direct link to that particular post anymore.
Alaundo/Sage/Wooly, we need a user-friendly post indexing system. On RAS's yuku-based forums, there is an icon in the upper right-hand corner of every post that can be used for indexing in the future. Something like that, here, would be nice. |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
2717 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2012 : 19:06:50
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Thank you both!
One of the things I like to do is try and link to Candlekeep from time to time when I'm on other forums, because there are still Realms fans out there who've been playing forever but don't know this website exists and aren't aware of all Candlekeep has to offer.
Is post indexing on the list of things to include in Candlekeep 2.0? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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TBeholder
Great Reader
2382 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 15:58:26
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Firefox here.
I select the part from "<N> posts" to "Posted - <date>", then "View Selection Source" from context menu, the second line is something like <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lemonchiffon" height="100%" valign="top" width="100%"><a name="387379"></a> for the previous post - so add "#387379" to the current page's URL, right in address bar: "http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16610#387379" (for multiple-pages topic it would be "http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16610&whichpage=1#387379"). ctrl-a, ctrl-c (select all, copy) and that's all. Once it's copied, any BB-formatting addon allows to paste it as a proper link. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 18:53:37
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Originally posted by TBeholder
Firefox here.
I select the part from "<N> posts" to "Posted - <date>", then "View Selection Source" from context menu, the second line is something like <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lemonchiffon" height="100%" valign="top" width="100%"><a name="387379"></a> for the previous post - so add "#387379" to the current page's URL, right in address bar: "http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16610#387379" (for multiple-pages topic it would be "http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16610&whichpage=1#387379"). ctrl-a, ctrl-c (select all, copy) and that's all. Once it's copied, any BB-formatting addon allows to paste it as a proper link.
That's pretty nifty... Just tried it with the link in my profile, and it worked quite nicely.  |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 19:05:53
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Originally posted by TBeholder
Once it's copied, any BB-formatting addon allows to paste it as a proper link.
Rock on!
If there's a Candlekeep award for helping other scribes, I nominate TBeholder to get one.
But for now I'll just offer up a hearty thanks. |
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How do I write a link to a specific post?
