Referencing individual posts...

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I know how to url reference threads, but I notice sometimes when pointing out something specific or a specific poster the link goes straight to that post.
How do you do that?

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Just add “#post” and the post number to the end of the URL you would normally use to paste to a specific thread. You can find the post number by hovering over the “Quote” button with the cursor. Here’s an example:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80299#post1490064

You can also bookmark individual posts this way (as I have done with that one on my broswer). If you’re in IE, after you click on a link to an individual post, just click on “Add to Favorites” on the “Favorites” menu as you would any other web page.

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That’s a little confusing, MEBuckner.

The best way to do that trick was originally explained by UncleBeer in a thread from way back when. I can’t find it now, which is probably a good thing - Ironically, in the thread I’m referring to, the depth and detail of UncleBeer’s explanation makes, in the end, even it hard to understand.

A far more simplified, and easier, way to do this trick was posted recently by Northern Piper in this thread.

Piper even includes a cut and paste template thingy to make it even easier still (Incidentally, the cut and paste Piper explains is what I eventually came up with after reading UncleBeer explanation).

The only thing missing, or that needs clarification, in Pipers thread is that you don’t have to click the quote button- you can get the ID number by simply hovering over the quote button.

From there, cut and paste.

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Well no wonder my explanation is confusing. I don’t know how to do it either.

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You’re kidding, right UncleBeer?

I used to have that thread bookmarked for reference, but I lost it in a windows re-format. I’m almost positive it was you that explained it.

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My apologies UncleBeer. It wasn’t you that explained it, it was Alphagene.

It was so long ago I got the two of you mixed up.

Anyrate, the thread I was remembering is here. And the post in question (You saw this coming a mile away) is here.

Another, often overlooked, way to find out how someone coded something, or how they did a particular thing a certain way, is to simply click the quote button in that post and it will come up in the reply window showing the code or technique the poster used.

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The discussion I’m trying to find and can’t concerned the millionth thread. There were lots of examples giving in that discussion. I just can’t recall how to search for something like that.

Anyone else recall that discussion?

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Silly me. I was searching on “million”.
It was found under 1,000,000".