# help with links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947 "2003-10-28T01:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/1 "2003-10-28T01:34:39Z")
I’ve seen people use links that when clicked on opens up to a specific location in a thread (say half way down the page). How do you do this? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/2 "2003-10-28T06:26:45Z")
From the FAQ: > [@](#): > > \*Linking directly to a post within a thread > > To link directly to a post within a thread, modify appropriately the following URL > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=NNN#postNNN](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=NNN#postNNN) > by replacing NNN with the postid. Here’s how you find the postid for a post: > If you position your mouse button over the “quote” button at the bottom of the post, you should see a link appear in the “status bar” of your browser (usually at the bottom of the browser window), and the link will show the postid for that post. If that doesn’t work, you can press the quote button, and a new reply window will open. The URL for that reply window should show in the URL field at the top of your browser window, and the URL contains the postid for the post. - ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/3 "2003-10-28T17:52:55Z")
[test](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4162210) [test](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=NNN4162210NNN) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/4 "2003-10-28T17:55:07Z")
[Let’s try this again.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4162210#post4162210) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/5 "2003-10-29T06:04:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Berkut \* > > From the FAQ: > > To link directly to a post within a thread, modify appropriately the following URL > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=NNN#postNNN](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=NNN#postNNN) I’ve been searching and searching all afternoon and evening, with every NNN\* query I can dream up. I can’t find any posts numbered “NNN.” Can someone help? Also, the Boards seem really slow. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/6 "2003-10-29T07:02:26Z")
NNN is a _variable_. You need to substitute the post id number for the NNN’s. To find the post id number, place your cursor over the “quote” button at the bottom of the post you are interested in, and read the post id off the link you see at the bottom of your browser window. For example, putting the mouse cursor over the quote button on your post, immediately above this one, displays “Link: http//boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&postid=4166394” at the bottom of your browser window. To link to that post, substitute 4166394 for each of the two NNN’s Like this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4166394#post4166394](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4166394#post4166394) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/7 "2003-10-29T07:06:01Z")
Thanks, **Squink**. 😃 I was joking about the effect of searching on the Board’s speed. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-links/209947/8 "2003-10-29T21:46:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Berkut \* > \*\*From the FAQ: > > * * * [test](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4162210#post4162210)