I have Safari and Firefox.
I would like to know get the topic ID (I assume 179414 in the example below is some kind of ID) and how to insert it into my post as a link that turns blue. Ideally it would look like this link that I cut and pasted as text:
viewtopic.php?t=179414 .
I know how to paste a full URL, such as https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/ , and automagically have it be clickable.
Thank you!
How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
There's the "url" tag. Here's the general form:wilderson wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:40 pm I have Safari and Firefox.
I would like to know get the topic ID (I assume 179414 in the example below is some kind of ID) and how to insert it into my post as a link that turns blue. Ideally it would look like this link that I cut and pasted as text:
viewtopic.php?t=179414 .
I know how to paste a full URL, such as https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/ , and automagically have it be clickable.
Thank you!
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[url=full-URL-goes-here]The Text You Want To Appear Goes Here[/url
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[url=https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179414]viewtopic.php?t=179414[/url]
viewtopic.php?t=179414
Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
You need to use the entire link. In Safari click on the "Address" box at the top of the page you want to use. Then copy it in the body of your post. For example:
viewtopic.php?t=384745
is the link for the beginning of a thread. If you hit the "quote" button at the top of this post you can see the invisible coding. It shows just "viewtopic..." in blue in the finished version but in the coding it also includes the bogleheads.org information.
Or if you want just one post of a thread you click on the title of that specific post. Here's an example:
viewtopic.php?p=6842496#p6842496
Or you could give the link a name:
Yellowjackets
Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
Click on the "insert a link" button ..............^^^
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Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
If you are simply trying to create a link to a post within a thread, rather than the top of the thread, just click on the heading of the desired post . It now becomes the URL in the address bar. Copy it and paste it as desired. This is a link to the second post in this thread.
viewtopic.php?p=6843315#p6843315
Cheers
viewtopic.php?p=6843315#p6843315
Cheers
Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
Linking articles into forum posts has some suggestions, including the "Link Text and Location Copier" for Firefox.
You can click on the Quote button for this post to see the actual character strings that cause those links to display as they do.
You can click on the Quote button for this post to see the actual character strings that cause those links to display as they do.
Re: How do I insert a link to another topic in my post?
Wow! I'm amazed at the variety of the suggestions.
Thanks
Thanks