# How to link to a post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 4, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508 "2007-07-04T17:23:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/1 "2007-07-04T17:23:33Z")

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This is probably a stupid question, but please bear with the n00b.

I know how to link to a thread, but I don’t get how to do the link-to-a-post thing. I read the “Technical Issues for Posting” and “vB Code List” threads, but they didn’t help. For example, the vB Code thread refers to a “postid”, but I have no idea where to find that.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/2 "2007-07-04T18:00:36Z")

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Each post has a “#1” link (or whatever the number of the post is) in the upper right corner. Click on that (I like to right-click and open in a new window so I can go back), then copy the URL of that page into your reply.

[url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8744994&postcount=8]Like so[/url]

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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:** [July 4, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/3 "2007-07-04T19:19:52Z")

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Or to show the post in context, do this:

[post= 8744994]your caption[/post] (delete the extra space after the = )

[post=8744994]your caption[/post]

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/4 "2007-07-05T20:10:23Z")

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That’s a cool one.

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**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/5 "2007-07-05T21:33:11Z")

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[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle]  
Or to show the post in context, do this:

[post= 8744994]your caption[/post] (delete the extra space after the = )

[post=8744994]your caption[/post]  
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Please do it this way! I hate links to single posts, with no context.

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**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/6 "2007-07-05T23:24:12Z")

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Thanks for the help, everyone. Now if only I had something to say…

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508/7 "2007-07-06T01:06:35Z")

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[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle]  
Or to show the post in context, do this:

[post= 8744994]your caption[/post] (delete the extra space after the = )

[post=8744994]your caption[/post]  
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Or change showpost to showthread.