# Link to a single post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820 "2005-02-19T00:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/1 "2005-02-19T00:00:38Z")
I’m sorry, I know this has been asked about fourteen times already, but how do I link to a particular post? As of now, I’m reduced to linking to the thread and directing folks to a particular post #. I should know how by now, but I don’t. Help! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/2 "2005-02-19T00:06:45Z")
Upper right hand corner of the post, click the number which will open the single post in its own window. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/3 "2005-02-19T00:07:13Z")
To answer my own question (thanks, **Wesley** )… you click on the post number next to the exclamation point. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/4 "2005-02-19T19:03:44Z")
To bring up the post in context, get the post number by hovering over the reply button, then code {post=postnumber}your text{/post} replacing the curly braces with square brackets, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/5 "2005-02-19T20:03:44Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Upper right hand corner of the post, click the number which will open the single post in its own window. That single post view thing is evil, as it doesn’t give the reader any way to get back to the originating thread. [This method](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1982344#post1982344) brings up the post# you want to show, within the context of it’s own thread. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/6 "2005-02-19T21:06:59Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > That single post view thing is evil, as it doesn’t give the reader any way to get back to the originating thread. > [This method](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1982344#post1982344) brings up the post# you want to show, within the context of it’s own thread. Actually, once you open the single post, in the upper right hand thread of that window you’ll see the thread title, which is a link. Found that out by accident one day, since it’s not at all obvious that it is a link. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/7 "2005-02-19T21:49:50Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Upper right hand corner of the post, click the number which will open the single post in its own window. Just testing something… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/8 "2005-02-19T23:35:16Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Actually, once you open the single post, in the upper right hand thread of that window you’ll see the thread title, which is a link. Found that out by accident one day, since it’s not at all obvious that it is a link. So it IS! Thanks **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , that’s been driving me nuts. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-a-single-post/290820/9 "2005-02-20T20:23:09Z")
**Squink** , the method I posted generates the link you coded manually. Try it, you’ll like it! 🙂 The thread link on the single post always takes you to the first page of the thread. This is extremely annoying if the post is not on that page. That’s why I always use the “post=” vB code. It would be very convenient if they would change the link to the single post to the “in context” format.