Links

• A link can be a web page URL by itself, such as http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=15789. In that case you can simply enter the URL in your post and tags will be automatically added when previewing or posting (unless you've already added them yourself). They'll look like this:
  
  [url]http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=15789[/url]
  
  It's customary to precede this type of link with a description of where the link will take you.
   
• A link can contain text that appears in place of the URL, like this:
  
  Miami Mike's Blog
  
  The tags for a link with text look like this:
  
  [url=http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=15789]Miami Mike's Blog[/url]
   
• It's possible to use an image in place of text in a link:
  
  ← This is a clickable link.
  
  The tags for a link that includes an image look like this:
  
  [url=http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=15789][img]https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/5/7/8/9/a9525461-136-link%20image.png[/img][/url]
   
• Beware of adding a link to your post that includes a page number because posts per page is a configurable option for RCGroups users, so a link with a page number won't necessarily take others to the same place it takes you. This is a problem that Google has when returning a link to an RCGroups post. If you've increased your Number of Posts to Show Per Page in Thread Display Options on your Edit Options page then a link from Google will probably take you to the wrong post.
   
  Instead, when linking to another RCGroups post, always copy the link from the post number in the upper-right corner of the post. Right-click the post number, left-click Copy Link Location or your browser's equivalent, and then paste that URL into your post.
    
• The default behavior of a link obtained from a post number is to show that post alone. For example:
  
  https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...48&postcount=3
  
  The actual content of the above link is this:
  
  [url]https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40023048&postcount=3[/url]
  
  But if you click on that link you'll get this and nothing else, which is not very meaningful when viewed out of context:
  

  Originally Posted by Miami Mike

  Sounds like fun! I think I'll give it a try.

  If you want to change the link to show the post in context, so that the viewer can scroll up and down to read posts before and after it, just change showpost to showthread:
  
  [url]https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?p=40023048&postcount=3[/url]
  
  The link might not look any different because the portion you've changed might not show, but it will behave differently when clicked. This is the modified link:
  
  https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...48&postcount=3
   
• Notice that a portion of the above link near the middle has been replaced by RCGroups software with three dots ("...") to shorten it. This automatic shortening of long links can be a pitfall when copying a link from one post to another. Although the original version of the shortened link works, if you highlight, copy, and paste it to another post, the copied link won't work. Be sure to instead right-click the link, left-click Copy Link Location or your browser's equivalent, and then paste that URL into your post.

That's about all I have regarding links at the moment but I have other tips and tricks that I plan to post later. Meanwhile, please post your questions, comments, and contributions below.

Mike, do you know if this behaviour has changed recently?
I used that tip all the time but now it seems to result in a 404 error.

showpost works fine but showthread does not.
Could be just my browser?? Safari.

Thanks
John

Originally Posted by Miami Mike

Instead, when linking to another RCGroups post, always copy the link from the post number in the upper-right corner of the post. Right-click the post number, left-click Copy Link Location or your browser's equivalent, and then paste that URL into your post.
  [*]The default behavior of a link obtained from a post number is to show that post alone. For example:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...48&postcount=3

The actual content of the above link is this:

[url]https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40023048&postcount=3[/url]

But if you click on that link you'll get this and nothing else, which is not very meaningful when viewed out of context:

If you want to change the link to show the post in context, so that the viewer can scroll up and down to read posts before and after it, just change showpost to showthread:

[url]https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?p=40023048&postcount=3[/url]

The link might not look any different because the portion you've changed might not show, but it will behave differently when clicked. This is the modified link:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...48&postcount=3

I'll try it with your post #2 in the XT90 Anti-Spark Breakdown (Literally) thread. Here an unmodified link to it:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...17&postcount=2

That link shows the post by itself.

And here's the link with "showpost" changed to "showthread":

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...17&postcount=2

That link shows the post along with other posts before and after it.

Thanks, Mike.
Obviously working fine.
Must be something at my end.

Please delete these posts at your convenience.

John

Originally Posted by Miami Mike

I'll try it with your post #2 in the XT90 Anti-Spark Breakdown (Literally) thread. Here an unmodified link to it:

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...17&postcount=2

That link shows the post by itself.

And here's the link with "showpost" changed to "showthread":

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...17&postcount=2

That link shows the post along with other posts before and after it.