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    Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    When you create a 'permalink', you get something like

    http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/social-events/14198-bliss-aftermath-4.html#post414695

    (no particular significant to that link - picked at random).

    Note the ...-4.html bit, which seems to instruct vBulletin to go to the 4th page of the thread.

    This causes problems if your "number of posts / page" setting isn't the forum default, because in that case the post linked to won't actually be on the 4th page.

    I suspect this is a fundamental problem with the permalink model and therefore not easily fixed, but thought I'd mention it.

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Errr Right

    Ok Dave

    Thanks for that



    ermmm



    Good Point

    Well Made







    psst! Anyone got any idea what he's talking about?

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by Trousers View Post
    Errr Right

    Ok Dave

    Thanks for that



    ermmm



    Good Point

    Well Made







    psst! Anyone got any idea what he's talking about?
    Trousers me old bag of snakes...

    The man has been hit over the head with a blunt excrement...very often (was going to say repeatidly, but cant spell it), never mind i can lift heavy weights all day long.


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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    [...] I suspect this is a fundamental problem with the permalink model and therefore not easily fixed, but thought I'd mention it.
    Think I've complained about this a number of times. It's the "Search Engine Friendly URLs" thing that breaks the permalinks.

    The best way round it is to "quote" the post you want to link to, "preview" the reply, and then copy the link from the displayed quote – that really does work for everyone.
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    Think I've complained about this a number of times. It's the "Search Engine Friendly URLs" thing that breaks the permalinks.

    The best way round it is to "quote" the post you want to link to, "preview" the reply, and then copy the link from the displayed quote – that really does work for everyone.
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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    Think I've complained about this a number of times. It's the "Search Engine Friendly URLs" thing that breaks the permalinks.

    The best way round it is to "quote" the post you want to link to, "preview" the reply, and then copy the link from the displayed quote – that really does work for everyone.
    Yeah, but the problem is everyone else's links that I can't follow. And the chances of everyone doing what you suggest are approximately zero.

    I've decided to go back to 20 posts/page instead.

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    What about clicking on the number, rather than the permalink?

    That provides a "thread number / post number" reference - without a page.
    For example:
    http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/414608-post43.html

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    What about clicking on the number, rather than the permalink?
    That only get you one post.
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    Yeah, but the problem is everyone else's links that I can't follow. And the chances of everyone doing what you suggest are approximately zero.

    I've decided to go back to 20 posts/page instead.
    I just stopped following links. The name of the thread in the URL and a wild guess is usually good enough.
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    Re: Problem with links (not terribly serious)

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    I just stopped following links. The name of the thread in the URL and a wild guess is usually good enough.
    Oh sure - I mean obviously I remember every interesting thread that's been posted on the forum for the last 5 years. (How hard can it be to remember 3 threads? ). But which exact stupid w00den utterance is being discussed isn't always so easy to glean.

    But seriously, it's not a big deal - it was just something I'd noticed as a 'glitch', and once I realised why it was going wrong I figured I might as well post about it.

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