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	The Movieman
	DVDP User Since 2007

Registered: March 18, 2007

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Posted: January 27, 2009 8:42 PM

Hey, I was wondering, how do you link to specific posts? I can't seem to find a button and it looks like the only way to do so is to go into the user's profile, see his/her post history and go through there. Is there an easier way?

	Addicted2DVD

Registered: March 13, 2007

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Posted: January 27, 2009 9:01 PM

I been wondering about this myself for some time now. I have seen others do it... but I haven't found an easy way of doing it myself.

Pete

	bizarre_eye
	eye see you...

Registered: May 1, 2008

Posts: 503

Posted: January 27, 2009 9:23 PM

If the post is recent / easily accessible, you can go into edit post and copy the address directly from your browser and link it in your new message, as this way it pulls up the message ID part of the address chain.

Other than that I'm damned if I know...

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Last edited: January 27, 2009 9:29 PM by bizarre_eye

	DJ Doena
	Registered: May 1, 2002

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Posted: January 27, 2009 9:30 PM

Quoting TheMovieman:

Quote:
Hey, I was wondering, how do you link to specific posts? I can't seem to find a button and it looks like the only way to do so is to go into the user's profile, see his/her post history and go through there. Is there an easier way?

It's a bit cumbersomely but when I want to do that, I do it this way. I hover over the quote button of the posting I want to link to, e.g. yours. Then the browser shows me the link inlucing the message Id, in the case of your initial post it's

http://www.invelos.com/MessagePost.aspx?task=replyquote&TopicID=340753&MessageID=870457

Now you have the message Id which also happens to be the HTML anchor to your post, when you add an "M" to it. So when you take the normal address of this thread which is

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753

and add #M870457 to it you get

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753#M870457

If you want to highlight that message, you have to add the parameter MessageID to the URL. If you do that the selected post appears lightgreen

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=870457#M870457

Not the easiest way, but it works.

Karsten
DVD Collectors Online

Last edited: January 27, 2009 9:31 PM by DJ Doena

	kdh1949
	Have Gun Will Travel

Registered: March 13, 2007

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Posted: January 27, 2009 9:53 PM

Thanks, Karsten. I was wondering about this myself.

You're right, it looks somewhat cumbersome, but if it works it's worth it.

Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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	White Pongo, Jr.
	No, I iz no Cheshire Cat!

Registered: August 22, 2007

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Posted: January 27, 2009 9:55 PM

Quoting DJ Doena:

Quote:
Quoting TheMovieman:
Quote:
Hey, I was wondering, how do you link to specific posts? I can't seem to find a button and it looks like the only way to do so is to go into the user's profile, see his/her post history and go through there. Is there an easier way?

It's a bit cumbersomely but when I want to do that, I do it this way. I hover over the quote button of the posting I want to link to, e.g. yours. Then the browser shows me the link inlucing the message Id, in the case of your initial post it's

http://www.invelos.com/MessagePost.aspx?task=replyquote&TopicID=340753&MessageID=870457

Now you have the message Id which also happens to be the HTML anchor to your post, when you add an "M" to it. So when you take the normal address of this thread which is

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753

and add #M870457 to it you get

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753#M870457

If you want to highlight that message, you have to add the parameter MessageID to the URL. If you do that the selected post appears lightgreen

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=870457#M870457

Not the easiest way, but it works.

Also
http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=#M870516
should work

-- Enry

	tweeter
	I aim to misbehave

Registered: June 12, 2007

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Posted: January 27, 2009 10:01 PM

Quoting EnryWiki:

Quote:

Also
http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=#M870516
should work

But for whatever reason the redundant Message ID is what makes it Green.

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=870516#M870516

Green is purty!

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	White Pongo, Jr.
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Posted: January 27, 2009 10:07 PM

LOL!

-- Enry

Last edited: January 27, 2009 10:09 PM by White Pongo, Jr.

	DJ Doena
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Posted: January 28, 2009 6:09 AM

Quoting tweeter:

Quote:
Quoting EnryWiki:
Quote:

Also
http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=#M870516
should work

But for whatever reason the redundant Message ID is what makes it Green.

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=340753&MessageID=870516#M870516

Green is purty!

It's not redundant. The "&MessageId=870516" is a parameter which can be interpreted by a webserver script (like ASP or PHP) which then can decide to colour a posting differently. This happens before the page is delivered from the webserver to the client (you).

The "#M870516" is an HTML anchor and is interpreted by your webbrowser. While the URL points to a certain website, the "#" part points to a certain point within the website.

So it's basically one for server-side interpretation and one for client-side.

Karsten
DVD Collectors Online

Last edited: January 28, 2009 6:46 AM by DJ Doena

	tweeter
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Posted: January 28, 2009 11:04 AM

Quoting DJ Doena:

Quote:
It's not redundant.

'Redundant' wasn't meant as a pejorative. Just a lousy synonym for repeated.

Bad movie? You're soaking in it!

	Addicted2DVD

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Posted: January 28, 2009 11:33 AM

I appreciate all the instructions here... but without an easier way I personally just won't bother. I will just link to the page and let people find the specific post on that page.

Pete

	RHo

Registered: March 13, 2007

Posts: 2,759

Posted: January 29, 2009 9:09 AM

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

Quote:
I appreciate all the instructions here... but without an easier way I personally just won't bother. I will just link to the page and let people find the specific post on that page.

Too bad! Instead of a single person doing some work, every reader has to search for the matching post on the page. Maybe Invelos should implement a "link to this post" function.

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