Should I transfer to Barnard from Reed?

calmom
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:23:29 +0000

Using Chrome here, on Windows – but it doesn’t matter. The problem isn’t with the browser, it’s with the link.

Here’s why: The code that you provided wouldn’t work because it directs to an anchor on a different page than the base URL, for anyone using CC with default viewing options. It’s possible that it works for you because of specific options that you have set for viewing. That is – my user settings for “Number of posts to display per page” is “Use forum default” – which probably is what the vast majority of CC users have, since you have to do some digging to even figure out how to change settings. (I believe the forum default is to display 15 posts per page) If you had your settings to allow display of more than 25 posts (either 30 or 40 posts per page, according to available options) … then it’s possible that your link might work for you … but it isn’t going to work for anyone else.

The link you provided in raw form is:

http:// Daughter talking about dropping out - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums

The part that is written as #post1065985453 is an anchored link – the hash mark indicates that the browser should go to a part of the code on the page which bears the notation “id=post1065985453” – but only if that text can be found on the page indicated by the URL above.

Under system defaults, Post #25 is generated on the 2nd page of the thread, meaning that the base URL is:

http:// talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1042025-daughter-talking-about-dropping-out-2.html

(note that it ends in “dropping-out-2.html” rather than “dropping-out.html”).

The link I suggested does not depend on layout – that is,

http:// talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065985453-post25.html

does not have an anchor on the end – it links directly to the single post. (If you click it you will see that only that post shows up, rather than the whole thread.) So my link would work no matter what the default viewing mode.

Again, you can pick that up for any post with a right click to the post number.