Should I transfer to Barnard from Reed?

vonlost
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:10:47 +0000

“Maybe you copied the URL from a search results screen rather than from the actual post.”

Something like that. In this case I plugged “hindsight reed ego” into CC’s Advanced Search/Keyword(s) field, clicked on “I can only speak to our own experience (and the…” (which I recognized as the correct post), was taken to post #25, copied "[noparse]http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1042025-daughter-talking-about-dropping-out.html#post1065985453[/noparse]” from the URL field and pasted it into my post. And, of course, it worked for me when I tested it, but I understand why now (thanks!).

So why doesn’t

[noparse]http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065985453-post25.html[/noparse]

instead of

[noparse]Daughter talking about dropping out - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums;

appear in the URL field using my sequence? Which entity creates the undesirable URL? Safari? CC? The HTML spec?

For Mac/Safari, instead of right click (we don’t have that), control-click on the post number and select “Copy Link” which copies the proper URL to the clipboard.

Thanks again for your help!