How do I make a link to an earlier post?
Thread Starter
Rainbow Chaser
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 608
Likes: 0
From: At home, mostly!
How do I make a link to an earlier post?
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?
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 2,018
Likes: 73
From: Pewsey, UK
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 - circular enough for you ?
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 - circular enough for you ?
Thread Starter
Rainbow Chaser
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 608
Likes: 0
From: At home, mostly!
just testing! and another problem!
Thanks Mr NR Fairy Sir
this is the test
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!!
edited to post secondary problem re thread i/ds
this is the test
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!!
edited to post secondary problem re thread i/ds
Last edited by brockenspectre; 21st October 2002 at 15:35.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Joined: Jul 2000
Aviation Qualifications: Spotter
Posts: 24,627
Likes: 7,329
From: Peripatetic
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/showthr...threadid=70379
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=70379
Thread Starter
Rainbow Chaser
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 608
Likes: 0
From: At home, mostly!
Thank you oh gracious Delphic one ...
Now here is my attempt at practising:
ghostly link
Edted to show :: grumbles:: that just gives the page my thread was on ... grrrrrrrrrrrrr
ghostly link
Edted to show :: grumbles:: that just gives the page my thread was on ... grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
From: St Albans, herts, UK
try this then....
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.
In other words, use .org instead of .com
And I've no idea why.
Joined: Jun 1999
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: England
