Question on links

[Belial_the_Leveler]

How do you make a link that redirects to a single post in the forum rather than an entire thread? Need that to make the archive of my new story in arts and crafts.

[Illiterate Scribe]

The little number in the top right hand corner of a post; click on that, and it will give you a direct link to that post only.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

If you use the url from there, though, it will only take you to a page with just that post. To yield other results, you need to extract the part of the link that gives the post number (The part between the "p=" and the "&postcount").

Then you can use that number with the "" tag to create a link directly to that post. Unlike a link created with the "[url]" tag, it will not open in a new window, though.

For example, following the "#2" link on Illiterate Scribe's post opens up a window with the link http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4217154&postcount=2. The post number is 4217154. I can use the following code—


[post=4217154]Illiterate Scribe's Post

To yield:


Illiterate Scribe's Post



If you want to use the "" tag so it opens in the post in a new window, you can use the url

"[url]http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4217154#post4217154"
Where the "4217154" is replaced with the actual post number. (If you forget that link, make the link with the "[post]" tags, hit "Preview Post", then copy the URL of the link that appears in the preview.)

[Belial_the_Leveler]

Thank you for the replies-the link to the single post was what I was looking for to make an archive of posts in my story.