# linking to an older thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735>\
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**Created:** [July 25, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735 "2002-07-25T10:44:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735/1 "2002-07-25T10:44:11Z")

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Arnold (or mods)-

I couldn’t find this in the stickys…if I want to link to an older thread in a response, how do I code it? Please be gentle, I’m not a computer guy.

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735/2 "2002-07-25T10:45:13Z")

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Or TubaDiva, perhaps-

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**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735/3 "2002-07-25T12:27:25Z")

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Here is a link to [vB Codes Explained](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?s=&action=bbcode), where it gives you information about how to use tags.

Let’s say I’m composing a post and I want to include a link to some other thread. In order to get the actual url into my reply, what I usually do is open a second window, find the thread I want to link to, then copy the url in the Address window in the browser, the paste it into my reply in the first window, then surround it with the url tags.

Is that the information you were looking for?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735/4 "2002-07-25T17:32:49Z")

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Hyperlink code…yep, that’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Algernon 🙂

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-an-older-thread/120735/5 "2002-07-25T23:48:16Z")

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From [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=1956119)

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> Read the [vBcode page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?action=bbcode) for how to post links, make bold, underlined, italicized, colour text, etc…