Cafe Announcements 📣 Links to posts

[Pete Thomas]

Please note when copy/pasting links to specific post URLs it is best to use the share icon

Not the # post number icon to get the URL. This is because the post# URL includes a page number, and that can change if posts are subsequently deleted on previous pages.

The share icon URL will always redirect to the exact post location. For this reason the post# link has been retired.

You can also get an HTML embed code, that is for pasting the link into other websites.

The post number itself should still be visible, but be aware this number can change so copying and pasting via the share icon is always the best option.

 

[mizmar]

Yeah bu' no bu'
If you use Share it includes thread title and if you past that into the handcuffs link box to do a hyperlink in a post the computer says no link not known and you have to clean it up
Innit.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Yeah bu' no bu'
If you use Share it includes thread title and if you past that into the handcuffs link box to do a hyperlink in a post the computer says no link not known and you have to clean it up
Innit.

Cafe Announcements 📣 - Links to posts

Please note when copy/pasting links to specific post URLs it is best to use the share iconNot the # post number icon to get the URL. This is because the post# URL includes a page number, and that can change if posts are subsequently deleted on previous pages. The share icon URL will always...

cafesaxophone.com

text hyperlink link

Seems to work fine.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Seems to work, but I used the normal text link, what's the handcuffs?

 

[Ghr9204]

Seems to work, but I used the normal text link, what's the handcuffs?

I think @mizmar is referring to the chain-link symbol in the editing menu bar.

 

[Pete Thomas]

I just get a normal link, and it has a neat feature of clicking on the overlapping pages icon to copy it to the clipboard instead of having to highlight it.

I think @mizmar is referring to the chain-link symbol in the editing menu bar.

Ay yes, that's what I mean by hyperlinking text.

It all seems to work here

 

[mizmar]

If I just click the share symbol I get

Post in thread 'Links to posts' https://cafesaxophone.com/threads/links-to-posts.36902/post-552967

So,.it includes plain text outside the url. And that'll break the link box.

And, on my android phone, the OS Share dialogue appears with no option to "copy link" - which, I guess, is desktop

 

[Pete Thomas]

So,.it includes plain text outside the url. And that'll break the link box.

Ah yes, on mobiles it does that. You would need to remove the title. Bummer. I’ll see if there is another way. I just checked on iPhone and it also does that.

 

[Pete Thomas]

OK well for now best to just ignore the title when you copy on mobile, just paste the URL. At least it's going to be a "permalink" as opposed to the one with the page number.

Or you could always just remove the page number but that's easy to mess up.

Should be:

In order for it to not change after posts are moved or deleted

 

[Pete Thomas]

So I have fixed it so you can still get the page link from the #. on mobiles, but ideally if possible remove page-3# (or whatever page number) so it looks like example 2 above. I hope I can get a better fix for this.

On desktop it's easy, just use the permalink from the share icon

 

[mizmar]

If I long-press on the hash and selet "copy link address" I get

https://cafesaxophone.com/threads/links-to-posts.36902/post-553933

On Android Duck duck browser.

No page numbers. So ok?

 

[Pete Thomas]

No page numbers. So ok?

There will only be page numbers if it is after post #20, ie page 2 onwards.

You got me all excited for a minute! You have to try it on a longer thread.

 

[mizmar]

Oh yeah. I see it now...