# Advanced SDMB link help requested

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 7, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908 "2001-11-07T01:05:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/1 "2001-11-07T01:05:26Z")

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The really cool people on this board are able to link not only to a thread, but also to a specific post within the link. I see that it’s a matter of inserting the actual post number (or something like that) into the code. But how do you figger out what post number a specific post has?

I want to be cool too. Please help.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/2 "2001-11-07T01:09:33Z")

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Hover over the ‘quote’ button and look at the bottom of the screen.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/3 "2001-11-07T01:25:15Z")

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You mean like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=97531#post=1795836)?

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/4 "2001-11-07T01:26:54Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by D18 \*  
> \*\*You mean like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=97531#post1795836)? \*\*

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/5 "2001-11-07T01:28:09Z")

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Got it! 🆒

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advanced-sdmb-link-help-requested/91908/6 "2001-11-07T21:30:28Z")

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or like this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1795903#post1795903](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1795903#post1795903)