View Full Version : How do I make a link to an earlier post?
brockenspectre
21st Oct 2002, 14:29
Sometimes threads repeat themselves and rather than re-write a post I see that folks make links from the new post to an old one somewhere else on PPRuNe. How is this done please? Also how can one link an entire thread that has gone before?
:D
The Nr Fairy
21st Oct 2002, 14:45
brockie :
Get the thread up in another window, and copy the URL from the location bar.
Then, in your new / reply post, click the "http" button. Enter some explanatory text, hit Enter, then paste the URL in.
Easy. Like this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70379) - circular enough for you ?
brockenspectre
21st Oct 2002, 15:27
Thanks Mr NR Fairy Sir
this is the test (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70379)
:D
Oh rats - I just went to cross-link a post in JetBlast and found that my "address" bar doesn't actually give the thread i/d ... thought this must be an AOL thing so opened IE and it still doesn't show the full URL, just pprune.com/ ... how do I get the full i/d to show please!!
:D
edited to post secondary problem re thread i/ds
Right click on the pane you want to link to. You should get a menu including "properties'. Select it and you'll get a properties "general" page including the address (URL). Then just cut and paste. e.g.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70379
brockenspectre
22nd Oct 2002, 13:35
Now here is my attempt at practising:
ghostly link (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70287&perpage=15&pagenumber=2)
:D
Edted to show :: grumbles:: that just gives the page my thread was on ... grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Don D Cake
22nd Oct 2002, 16:06
I've been playing around and the only way I get get my browsers (IE5 and Opera) to not display the full URL in the address bar is by using "pprune.com". However by using "pprune.org" to access the home page, the full addresses appear, every time, no matter what I try.
In other words, use .org instead of .com
And I've no idea why.
fueldump
22nd Oct 2002, 21:01
here
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70379
this time (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70379)
I'll try again