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"#" symbol in

  • 07-11-2007 3:06pm
    #1
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭


    Could someone tell me what the "#" symbol means in website speak

    As in;
    http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox

    Is it like an abbreviation? for instance if a websites address was

    ww.Something.com/mail.27345897,*&^%$$£.278937498.html

    you could abbreviate it so it only shows up as "#"mail ??


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  • #2
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    It marks an anchor on a page, which is often a URL but not always.

    E.g, the url of this page is http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54369828

    If we make it
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54369828#post54369828

    then your browser will jump down the page to the anchor named post54369828 which, in this case, is your original post. Hope thats clear.


  • #3
    Hellm0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭Hellm0


    As far as I know(or at least in my professional experiance) the '#' symbol is used as a placeholder in URL's, it is also used before hex color codes(par example #fffffff),cant think of anything else off the top of my head. Has some uses in other languages however


  • #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    cornbb has it spot on. It marks an "anchor" on a page, so you can jump down to a specific point on the page usually.


  • #5
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    Thank you. Thats perfectly clear now.

    Appreciate it


  • #6
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,444 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    cornbb wrote: »
    It marks an anchor on a page, which is often a URL but not always.

    E.g, the url of this page is http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54369828

    If we make it
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54369828#post54369828

    then your browser will jump down the page to the anchor named post54369828 which, in this case, is your original post. Hope thats clear.

    So lets say you had a thread with 40 posts & you wanted to refer someone to the 18th post, could you use this to bring the person to that exact post?

    If yes? is there any easy way of identifying a post number other then actually counting them? like in the right click properties?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #7
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,162 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    gadgetman496 wrote: »
    So lets say you had a thread with 40 posts & you wanted to refer someone to the 18th post, could you use this to bring the person to that exact post?

    If yes? is there any easy way of identifying a post number other then actually counting them? like in the right click properties?

    In the top right hand side of every post you will see a # followed by a number. The number is a link that will bring you to a page that displays just that post. e.g. http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54374736&postcount=6


  • #8
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,444 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Cheers AlmightyCushion,

    I won't get any points for being observant :D I never spotted that little number in the corner :o


    -

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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