Best way to copy links to other forum threads into a post
Hi all,
sometimes we copy links to other threads into our posts. Here's a quick and easy way to do it - a way which automatically ends up with the thread title with an embedded link to the thread in question.
Just above each thread, there's a line saying "Thread" and the the link to that thread. Copy that link, and just paste it into a post. You don't need to create a hyperlink - it happen automatically. This does not happen if you copy the (blac) nake of the thread on te line shoing a Home-icon.
1) If you copy the link from the browser, it will look eg. like this:
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/sho...y-from-animals
2) If you copy the line that starts with "Thread"), it will look like this (which is the solution we usually want):
B12 only from animals??
3) If you copy the line with the home icon, the end result will look like this (which is not what we usually want):
Re: Best way to copy links to other forum threads into a post
Ok, I think I finally understood what you meant: Best way to copy links to other forum threads into a post
Uh, it did look a bit big though in the quick reply box! (Now that I've gone to the "Advanced" view it looks normal.)
Btw, I always thought the "best" way to post a link to a thread on a vB forum was to use the [thread] tags. Just grab the thread id number from the link and insert it into a [thread] tag like this:
[thread=29531]A link to this thread[/thread] which will look like this:
A link to this thread
This has the advantage of being more future-proof in case the web site domain name or forum URL changes. (Which could happen e.g. if you (the forum owner) decided to migrate to a different forum software etc.)