# URL to a specific post in thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 29, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271 "2000-08-29T23:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271/1 "2000-08-29T23:40:21Z")
Anyone know how to do it? If you roll your mouse over the “Reply with Quote” icon, you can find out the ID Number of a specific Post (postid=xxxxx). Now that I know _that_, how can I write a URL to link to it? I know that I read about this somewhere, but I can’t find the thread with the search engine. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271/2 "2000-08-30T00:12:16Z")
Type [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=)[post ID]#[post ID] e.g. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=695256#695256](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=695256#695256) I’m not sure why the post ID has to be given twice. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271/3 "2000-08-30T00:51:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not sure why the post ID has to be given twice. I may be wrong, but I think the reason is that the first part is a query and the seconds part is a link. As: The “showthread?postid=695256” part is a query to find and display the thread where the field named ‘postid’ equals ‘695256’. The “#695256” part indicates a link to an anchor by the name of “695256”, which basically does a jump the that post. So, you are saying, get me the thread that contains the postid=695256 and display it, and then move the post named 695256 to the top of the screen. Was that as clear as mud? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271/4 "2000-08-30T05:43:39Z")
The first instance of the post number is, indeed, a call to the vB software, and the second is an HTML code. If you’d like, you can replace the postid=23456 with threadid=12345, or whatever the thread is, just like a normal page link. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-to-a-specific-post-in-thread/31271/5 "2000-08-31T18:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ryan \* > \*\*Type [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=)[post ID]#[post ID] > > e.g. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=695256#695256](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=695256#695256) > I’m not sure why the post ID has to be given twice. > > \*\* NOTE TO SELF: That explains why when I right click on “LOGGED” and copy the ID Reference, it doesn’t work. Gotta add #+postid.