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NetworkGuy · 10/12/2012 17:28

... adding a way to link to a specific post. You have ways to report a post (which is how I've found out the posting number) but no simple way to get a link for posting on another thread. Ideally it would be nice to have a link like

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other/a1290044#27177920

rather than www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other/a1290044-a-very-ong-topic-which-I-am-making-up-as-I-go-along#27177920

Incidentally, I just tried the first link above on an iMac (OSX 10.6.8)

Link works fine using CHROME browser and shows the posting by BadgersPaws

Try it with Safari (the default Apple browser) and it does not go to the specific posting in the thread.

Probably a Safari issue, but maybe Tech can see if they know why only the second form (with the correct title) works, and shows the specific post.

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Tech · 11/12/2012 02:49

Hi, NW, you can indeed get to any thread as www.mumsnet.com/Talk/a/aNNNNNN where NNNNN is the thread ID number. We find the id in the URL and then send a redirect to tell your browser to go to the "real" url of the thread. The bit of the URL after the # is a bookmark within the page and only relevant to the browser - it looks like Safari discards it on a redirect whereas the other browsers retain it and use it. I don't think we can do anything about that. Might be one for apple.

Just as an aside, as you know, if you use the correct URL in the first place - the one you get from "show all" on the thread, then append the message number after a # all should be well.

So www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a1633568-please-consider#35931623 should link directly to the message you posted before this one, in all browsers including Safari. That's because we don't redirect that in any way when we receive it.

BUT that doesn't help your desire for a shorter URL of course.

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IceTheChristmasKateMumsnet · 15/12/2012 12:23

NetworkGuy did you get an answer for your question?

While I'm here, the latest app update should have fixed the < > problem, so you can all see how hilarious I am......

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