It you want to make a foolproof link to a particular post, go to that post and right-click on the "printer-friendly" link for that post - and select "copy link address.
Then you can go to your message and paste that link, e.g.,

http://www.mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3533805

The result is this (click)


You can also paste that link into our "make a link" blickifier to make all the code you need, if you don't know how to make it yourself.

Now, if you want to make an even nicer link, delete _pf from the URL you've copied, thusly:

http://www.mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3533805

The result is this (click)

You could also add target=new inside your link, so it will open in a new tab, thus:

<a href=/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3533805 target=new>this (click)</a>

The result is this (click)

Confused yet? Since we're talking about "stupid snot-fest threads," will you forgive me if I say that this solution is "slicker than snot"? It all boils down to this - use the "printer-friendly" link when you want to link to an individual post. You can add the refinements when you get used to the first method.

-Joe-


How's that?