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[Nick Mayne]

Can someone tell me if posts are somehow numbered? For example if someone asked a question could I say have a look at post number xyz of sometime ago?
Also is there a way of looking again at my past posts and replies?
Thanks, Nick

[Peter Clayton]

Nick you can read all of your or others posts by clicking on  poster's names then  click on previous posts or threads. I don't think you can review by number , only by using the search box , using a specific trigger word. This can be a bit hit and miss but I may have missed a better method,  others may have found different paths

[Bob Culver]

If the total posts numbered as within posts, with the original no 1, could reference easliy!

[Nick Mayne]

Thanks Peter; I should have seen that on my Forum info. I see that I don't have any reputation!!
I would think that numbering posts would sometimes be useful but I am a Junior Member ... great, makes me feel young.

[Ian Wegg]

Can someone tell me if posts are somehow numbered? For example if someone asked a question could I say have a look at post number xyz of sometime ago?

Short answer:

If you click on the number in the top right-hand corner of any reply it will take you to that reply. You can then copy the resultant URL and paste it anywhere else to reference it.

Longer explanation:

Every thread has a unique "topic id" (TID) and each individual post a "post id" (PID). If you click on the displayed number in the right-hand corner of any post you can see both ID's in the URL.

For instance, if you click on the #4 in your reply above it will take you to a URL ending "?tid=7271&pid=79952#pid79952". 7271 is this thread and 79952 is post number 4 within it (the #pid79952 at the end directs the browser to scroll down to that post).

So that specific post can be accessed any time from that URL, i.e. ...showthread.php?tid=7271&pid=79952#pid79952

Note that the PID is unique within the entire forum, not just the thread, so if you want to get really slick you can actually omit the TID; unless you just want to direct back to the whole thread, in which case use only the TID.

e.g.:
Thread: .../forum/showthread.php?tid=7271 
Post: .../forum/showthread.php?pid=79952#pid79952

Ian (also a junior)