# How do I link to a post and not a thread page? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851 "2008-04-03T21:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851/1 "2008-04-03T21:48:38Z")
The title pretty much says it all. When referencing someone’s past post, how do I code that post and only that post? ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851/2 "2008-04-03T23:16:35Z")
Click the post number in the corner next to the “bad post” button. That should bring the post up on its own page, allowing you to copy the URL. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851/3 "2008-04-03T23:20:15Z")
What he said. If you want to link to the thread page and show the post in context, you can copy the link as described Here’s an example: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9640665&postcount=169](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9640665&postcount=169) And then change “showpost” to “showthread” [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9640665&postcount=169](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9640665&postcount=169) Here they are parsed as links (I posted them unparsed so that you could see the whole URL: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9640665&postcount=169](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9640665&postcount=169) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9640665&postcount=169](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9640665&postcount=169) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851/4 "2008-04-04T19:49:56Z")
Simply changing “showpost” to “showthread” doesn’t work quite correctly with Firefox. You have to scroll down a page for the intended post. It’s a clever but undocumented hack that happens to work. It is, however, still very handy to use when someone used the “showpost” format and you want to see the post in context. I use it all the time. The documented way to show the post in context which works correctly for everyone is as follows: [\*\*\*\*post=9640665]your text here[/post] Which generates [post=9640665]your text here[/post] ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-post-and-not-a-thread-page/443851/5 "2008-04-04T19:54:41Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Simply changing “showpost” to “showthread” doesn’t work quite correctly with Firefox. You have to scroll down a page for the intended post. [/QUOTE] Huh. It works fine for me in Firefox. But thanks for this: > [@](#): > > The documented way to show the post in context which works correctly for everyone is as follows: > > [\*\*\*\*post=9640665]your text here[/post] > > Which generates [post=9640665]your text here[/post]