Sayonara Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) When posting a link to a thread in another thread on the site, do not paste the URL. Instead, use the xxxx[/i]] tag. For example, to link to this thread you would do this: A link to this thread Resulting in: A link to this thread Alternatively, if you want the link text to be the same as the thread URL, simply do this: [thread]37063 Resulting in: [thread]37063[/thread] The reason for this is that when the site is reorganised or moved, any small change to the directory structure can break absolute URLs. This has happened a few times in SFN's history and as a result the site is littered with broken links to our own content! If you want to link to a specific post, for the same reasons as above you should use the xxxx[/i]] tag. For example: Sayo's post #1 Resulting in: Sayo's post #1 Edited January 13, 2009 by Sayonara³ Updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Thanks, I wasn't aware of that code and I'll probably forget again. I'm assuming you'll sticky this/make it an announcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 It certainly belongs in a stickied collection of useful tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Much like the [noparse][/noparse] tags, which keep BBCode from being parsed inside them and allow you to make BBCode examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Interesting. I didn't know about this either. Thanks for the heads-up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) I'm going to sticky this now because I've just read it and still lost it a minute later. Can an Admin move this down the sticky list so Introduce Yourself is still at the top? I don't think I can do that. Edited December 26, 2008 by Phi for All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 The mostly recently replied-to threads float just as the normal forum threads do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPanic Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 *applauds for this thread* After 724 posts, and just copypasting the other thread's url, I will change my habit. Thanks for helping me keep my own posts readable after the year 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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