I would suggest that when a person types this in his browser:
http://example.com/forums/showthread.php?pid=579
Only the post 579 is displayed in a full page rather than displaying the whole thread in which it is found.
Regards
This has been suggested before and I don't think it should be core. You can't view the post in context. Whenever I get one of these after a Google search I always click the link to view the full thread. Reading only one post is like hearing only one part of a long conversation and trying to understand the entire conversation from that. You may well have all the information you need in that post but you often don't, so linking to the whole thread and jumping to the specific post like MyBB already does should be the same if not better than just showing one post.
I agree with Matt, the fact that it scrolls to the particular post in the thread is enough. Plus it encourages users to participate if they see the entire conversation.
That's a good point, surely everybody wants people to post; if they can see a conversation and see a reply box they're more likely to do that then if they're confined to a single post.
I agree with everything matt said I personally hate the single post on a page. It's basically a waste for my 99% of cases because I don't understand half of the post.
I think you are all misunderstanding me.
It is not this that i want to show the post only:
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?tid=1&pid=2#pid2
I am referring to this when only pid is mentioned
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?pid=2
Reasons:
* The above code renders as if it was viewed from "http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?tid=1" (The page doesn't scroll to post #2)
* Logic says that
--when you type post in url, you get post.
--when you type thread in url, you get thread.
--when you type thread along with post, you get the thread along with the page scrolling to the post.
* Concerning the Facebook Like button. Facebook doesn't picks #{$pid} for the first time you like a post. You need to unlike then re-like. That's why i use the link with only pid to like posts.
Another alternative possible suggestion concerning this issue would be to redirect automatically
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?pid=2
to
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?tid=1&pid=2#pid2
This is what you said to begin with:
(2010-08-14, 04:46 AM)Nayar Wrote: [ -> ]Only the post 579 is displayed in a full page rather than displaying the whole thread in which it is found.
I don't think it was unreasonable for us to think you meant you wanted to only show one post and nothing else from that description... so you basically only want the URLs to be different, or...?? Not really sure what you're suggesting.
Is the following URL ever called by the system? Or are you typing it in yourself?
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?pid=2
i was saying if post 579 was to be accessed through the link below. The post 579 only should be shown on a full page
http://example.com/forums/showthread.php?pid=579
If post 579 was accessed through the link below as people usually do, the thread should be shown scrolling to post 579 as it is actually doing for this type of links.
http://example.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=1&pid=579#pid579
Is it clearer?
(2010-08-14, 01:02 PM)Nitrus Wrote: [ -> ]Is the following URL ever called by the system? Or are you typing it in yourself?
http://localhost/trunk/showthread.php?pid=2
i call it myself. i don't remember how i found about it actually.
That's a bit clearer. But I disagree.
Using this format:
http://example.com/forums/showthread.php?pid=579
It should show the full page of the thread AND scroll to the post. I don't think the above format is used anywhere though?