13-03-2022, 09:20 AM
(11-03-2022, 01:25 PM)Nick Mayne Wrote: Can someone tell me if posts are somehow numbered? For example if someone asked a question could I say have a look at post number xyz of sometime ago?
Short answer:
If you click on the number in the top right-hand corner of any reply it will take you to that reply. You can then copy the resultant URL and paste it anywhere else to reference it.
Longer explanation:
Every thread has a unique "topic id" (TID) and each individual post a "post id" (PID). If you click on the displayed number in the right-hand corner of any post you can see both ID's in the URL.
For instance, if you click on the #4 in your reply above it will take you to a URL ending "?tid=7271&pid=79952#pid79952". 7271 is this thread and 79952 is post number 4 within it (the #pid79952 at the end directs the browser to scroll down to that post).
So that specific post can be accessed any time from that URL, i.e. ...showthread.php?tid=7271&pid=79952#pid79952
Note that the PID is unique within the entire forum, not just the thread, so if you want to get really slick you can actually omit the TID; unless you just want to direct back to the whole thread, in which case use only the TID.
e.g.:
Thread: .../forum/showthread.php?tid=7271
Post: .../forum/showthread.php?pid=79952#pid79952
Ian (also a junior)