Need Help Making Table of Contents

[gfunk]

I would like to make a Table of Contents for a Story Hour, but I'm not sure how it is done. Could the powers that be please answer two questions?

1) What http address should I type to get to a particular post (e.g. go right to that post and not just the correct page)?

2) How do I insert a link within text so that the messy http://www stuff is not on the page?

Thanks!

 

[Michael Morris]

Use the vbcode tag "post" instead of the "url" tag to link posts within the database. That way should we ever move the forum from one directory to another you're table will continue to work.

Syntax is as follows:

{post}POST#{/post}

that will display the complete URL of a post, which is probably what you don't want.

{post=##}Click Me{/post}

that is probably what you do want, since it links the text involved.

 

[Michael Morris]

Now for the answer to the next question I'm sure you'll ask.

How do I look up a post number?

It's simple really. Each post has a number displayed on the upper right corner of the postbit. The first post in a thread is #1, the second #2, and so on. Click that link and you'll bring up the individual post. In the address bar of your browser you'll see the post number. Simply copy and paste it.

This, for instance, is post #1457140, the first post in my recombinant rules thread.
This is the first post in the history of the board, made (not surprisingly) by Russ.
This is the first post in P-kitty's famous Story Hour

The list tag is also helpful for TOC files.

• It creates
• A list
• Like this

Or you can set it to use numbers instead of bullets

1. It's as
2. easy as
3. Well, you get the idea.

The code for that stuff is {list} for bullets and {list=1} for numbered lists. Each item gets an asterisk {*}. Close the list tag after the last item.

 

[gfunk]

Thanks Mike, I appreciate the help!