Posting URLs

[Rob]

This is probably a random question but here goes. I keep seeing links posted like this:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9756a
Is there a clever way of just posting this link without coping and pasting the whole address and then pasting it again under the displayed text area and then deleting everything before viewtopic.php?
step one:

[url=http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9756][/url]

step two:

[url=http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9756]viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9756[/url]

I suspect there is a sort cut for doing this as there are so many links like this on the forum, if not it must be OCD?

 

[Crispin]

When you paste a whole URL, the forum clips it to the last few bits.

Not sure what you asking though? You don't need to delete everything before the viewtopic.
If you wanted to show the whole URL then put it inside tags. [code] [url]http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9756
[/code]

hot or cold?

 

[Nick Shepherd]

I wonder if this works with this software?

ELCO

That's it

{url=http:www.whatever.com}text{/url}

Replacing { with [ and } with ]

Much tidier but a little labour intensive.

 

[Red Oktober]

that would be .... ELCO

if you take the 66's and 99's out

 

[Rob]

Im not so sure that the forum changes the links to display the last bits..

Doesn't matter how I post it it just displays the whole address, Im trying to find out if there is a smart way of tidying up the links without messing around with it after I paste the whole link.
http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698
http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698

[url]http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698[/url]
[url=http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698][/url]

If I just paste part of the link it does not work
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698
[code:1laikut6]viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10698[/code]

I keep seeing people posting links in this format and either they have OCD or there is a trick they are using that I am not aware of as it takes effort to post like this viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10713&p=79232&hilit=viewtopic.#p79232

If you do a search for viewtopic.php you will understand what I mean. I would just like to find out if there is an easy way of tidying up links without adding descriptive display text.

Also how do you generate links to individual posts like the one above which I got from a search result?

 

[Crispin]

just paste the link without any url tags: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10725

http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10725

that's when the forum changes them to only show the last bits.

 

[Rob]

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10725
Ahh, much better. I knew it was something stupid like that

Right that's one thing sorted, now how do you link to specific posts?

 

[Crispin]

by putting the postid into the URL.

http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10864&p=80857&e=80857

TBH, I don't know how to tell the postid. It sends it to me in an email when you subscribe, not sure if there is another way to grad it.

 

[Rob]

Could you add a button on every post that will generate it and add it to the clipboard or something similar? Would be a very useful feature IMO.

 

[Crispin]

should not be hard. Will let you know.

 

[Rob]

Thanks