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conuly
Quite often, people want to post a link to a journal entry, or to a particular comment - but they get the wrong link. So I'm here to explain how to do it properly.
If you want to post a link to an actual entry, the URL will be in the following form: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/587007.html
Notice how after the .html, everything stops. There's nothing after the .html part.
If you want to post a link to an entry inside a specific cut, the URL will look like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/585395.html#cutid1
See the part of the URL that goes #cutid1? That tells us that we're inside a cut, and if we scroll up, we may see some more text.
Occasionally, you'll want to post a link to a comment or comment thread within an entry. After all, it's irritating to have to say "scroll down, scroll down", isn't it? Almost as irritating as clicking on a link to a journal entry, and having to scroll up to read the actual entry. The URL to view a comment will look something like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/587675.html?thread=4231835#t4231835
See the part of the URL that starts with a question mark? You want to delete this when posting a direct URL to the entry itself.
But how, you ask, do I find the actual URL of the comment? Elementary! Go to your nearest comment thread. Each comment will have a set of links. By default, these say "link", "thread", and "parent". Mine say "Clicky!" instead of link, but that's because I'm cool. The link and thread links, as near as I can tell, take you to the exact same URL. The parent link will take you to the URL for the next comment up on the list. When you post a comment to an entry, you'll be taken to the page (with the URL) of that exact comment, not of the entry.
And yes, I know my use of URL and page was a bit confused there. Sowwee.
If you want to post a link to an actual entry, the URL will be in the following form: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/587007.html
Notice how after the .html, everything stops. There's nothing after the .html part.
If you want to post a link to an entry inside a specific cut, the URL will look like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/585395.html#cutid1
See the part of the URL that goes #cutid1? That tells us that we're inside a cut, and if we scroll up, we may see some more text.
Occasionally, you'll want to post a link to a comment or comment thread within an entry. After all, it's irritating to have to say "scroll down, scroll down", isn't it? Almost as irritating as clicking on a link to a journal entry, and having to scroll up to read the actual entry. The URL to view a comment will look something like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/587675.html?thread=4231835#t4231835
See the part of the URL that starts with a question mark? You want to delete this when posting a direct URL to the entry itself.
But how, you ask, do I find the actual URL of the comment? Elementary! Go to your nearest comment thread. Each comment will have a set of links. By default, these say "link", "thread", and "parent". Mine say "Clicky!" instead of link, but that's because I'm cool. The link and thread links, as near as I can tell, take you to the exact same URL. The parent link will take you to the URL for the next comment up on the list. When you post a comment to an entry, you'll be taken to the page (with the URL) of that exact comment, not of the entry.
And yes, I know my use of URL and page was a bit confused there. Sowwee.
