You know when you link to another thread....

[SlightlyMadStar]

....some people can link to a specific post.

I did it once and now I can't do it now.

Would someone kindly tell me how to do it?


Please?

[totaleclipse]

go to the thread you want to link
copy the http address
paste it to where you want it posted
add [[ at front of address
and ]] at end of address

[SlightlyMadStar]

I can do that. But how do I make it jump to a specific post?

[totaleclipse]

oh not sure, I think just scroll down to the post you want before copy and pasting.

[totaleclipse]

Oh I see, read your post wrong, I thought you meant thread, not post.

[elesbells]

tis right to scroll to the post before you copy and paste.
thats how i do it anyway

[SlightlyMadStar]

No worries.
I did it earlier and it worked. I thought I had worked out how to do it - but obviously nopt.

[SlightlyMadStar]

Thats what I did elesbells...didn't work 2nd time.

[totaleclipse]

Have just tried it, and it does'nt work, not for me anyway.

[SlightlyMadStar]

should be a random post by 100times at the top

[SlightlyMadStar]

See doesn't work.

but it worked here (my 22:35 post if it doesn't jump to it.

[elesbells]

im confused on how i did it then? (ive had half a bottle of vino and the brain has gone dead

maybe i was just lucky before but im sure thats how i did it.

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

ll pin - did you see the link I did for you on the sahm/bf'ing/dummy thread?????

[SaintGeorge]

You need the time stamp bit and message number at the end.

so

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=374042

gives the whole thread

while

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=374042&stamp=070818231821#7622590

gives a specific post (LittleBellatrixLeBoot on Sat 18-Aug-07 23:18:21)

[SlightlyMadStar]

What do you mean by "rightclick on the link to copy the link location"

[WendyWeber]

What lapin said - use MN search for the specific post, by poster name or whatever, which will appear at the top of the page, and then copy the URL (I've no idea how that makes it appear in the right place, but it does!)

[WendyWeber]

Ohhhh, StG has just explained it perfectly

[SlightlyMadStar]

arrgggh how do I get teh stamp bit?

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

ok - has this worked - for littlelapin

[WendyWeber]

Use MN search for the post that you want to appear at the top of the page - when you've got that to happen, copy the URL which appears in the white box and paste it into your link.

[SaintGeorge]

Yeah, that worked QoQ, so apparently you only need the message number, no need for the date.

Do what Wendy send to find the specific post, then you get all thei nfo you need for the URL.

[SlightlyMadStar]

Arrrrrr you have to use the search facility.....

[SaintGeorge]

send? said

[SaintGeorge]

Oooh ll, I like that short cut. I was right clicking in the wrong place so not getting the right options up.