Relative paths vs. absolute paths??

[Ashy]

Is there a way to create links on these boards by using relative paths and not absolute paths? I have a bunch of links to other spots on the boards in my sig, but the length of "http://www.enworld.org/forms/" in each one is eating up all my character space! It would be great if I could instead have a link like "../showpost.php?1212121" or whatever...

Can this be done?

Thanks in advance!

[omokage]

lets see if this url works.

[Hand of Evil]

Originally Posted by Ashy

Is there a way to create links on these boards by using relative paths and not absolute paths? I have a bunch of links to other spots on the boards in my sig, but the length of "http://www.enworld.org/forms/" in each one is eating up all my character space! It would be great if I could instead have a link like "../showpost.php?1212121" or whatever...

Can this be done?

Thanks in advance!

If you go to post and click the #n in the upper left corner of the message, the post will be shown in its own window, by taking that and using VBul commands you should be able to do something.

Now something else you could do is personal forum or build an index. Building an index is a work-a-round, post a thread with a list of your post inside it, then link to that thread in your sig.

[omokage]

apparently the relative links don't work.

[Hand of Evil]

How about this...

TRY ME

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by omokage

lets see if this url works.

NOPE.

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by Hand of Evil

How about this...

TRY ME

Yes - it worked, but it looks like the URL is longer than if you just linked directly...

[Hand of Evil]

Okay, I 'right clicked' in Omokage's post, selected 'properties', highlighted and copied URL, then using hyperlink command, pasted address.

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by Hand of Evil

Now something else you could do is personal forum or build an index. Building an index is a work-a-round, post a thread with a list of your post inside it, then link to that thread in your sig.

Yea, that is probably what I'll wind up doing....

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by Hand of Evil

Okay, I 'right clicked' in Omokage's post, selected 'properties', highlighted and copied URL, then using hyperlink command, pasted address.

Thanks - I'll give that a whirl!

[Knight Otu]

(thread=98620)Test - Thread(/thread)
Test - Thread
(thread=98620&p=1718939)Test - Post in Thread(/thread)
[thread=98620&p=1718939]Test - Post in Thread[/thread]

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by Knight Otu

(thread=98620)Test - Thread(/thread)
Test - Thread
(thread=98620&p=1718939)Test - Post in Thread(/thread)
[thread=98620&p=1718939]Test - Post in Thread[/thread]

KNIGHT - YOU ROCK!!!!

[Ashy]

Hurm - I could not get links to specific posts to work, but I guess ya can't have everything... :P

[Knight Otu]

No shouting please.

To bad the addition of &p=postnumber doesn't work (it seems to work on the WotC boards). But I think single post linking might work...

(post=1718939)Test - Single Post(/post)
Test - Single Post

Edit - Interestingly enough, that turns out not to be "single-post linking", but "post-in-thread linking", what my second attempt should have been...

[Ashy]

Originally Posted by Knight Otu

No shouting please.

To bad the addition of &p=postnumber doesn't work (it seems to work on the WotC boards). But I think single post linking might work...

(post=1718939)Test - Single Post(/post)
Test - Single Post

Edit - Interestingly enough, that turns out not to be "single-post linking", but "post-in-thread linking", what my second attempt should have been...

That's it!!!! PERFECT!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!