Questions tagged [permalink]
For questions about the permanent URLs that can be used to access any question or answer on the site.
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Short permalink to an answer, does not land correctly in incognito [duplicate]
I was sharing this answer with my team, and I realized it's not landing at the correct answer if I'm in incognito mode.
But it works correctly otherwise.
Below is the screenshot of where I'm landing.
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Add the share button to (other) answers in review queues
When reviewing an answer in one of the Low Quality Posts, First Posts, or Late Answers queues, there is the option to watch the Other answers of the question. This gives a more "naked" view ...
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Hot Network Questions feed shows duplicates for questions that have been renamed
When I subscribe to https://stackexchange.com/feeds/questions using feedly.com I sometimes see questions more than once in my feed. I suspect this is because when questions titles are changed the ...
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How can I link to a specific section/part to a specific answer on a specific page? [duplicate]
I was able to add <a name="JavaEnvVar"></a> name-link inside (or top-of) the section related to "Setup Java Environment Variable" in my own answer. My answer post is a ...
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Reaching Stack Exchange legal for permission to quote
I have been trying since the middle of February to reach [email protected] for permission to use material from several questions and answers in a textbook I am writing.
I am following guidance ...
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More intuitive way of obtaining direct link to specific comment [duplicate]
Currently, it's not obvious how to obtain a link to a specific comment (there is no obvious share icon on comments).
A question/answer on how to link to a comment has a lot of views/upvotes ...
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How long do the "share" links last?
I want to add a link to Stack Overflow as a "See this for more information". I clicked the "Share" link and put that URL in the comments of my code.
But then I realized, that is not the main URL to ...
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When following a direct link to an answer, the sticky top bar will cover up the top of it [duplicate]
When I follow a direct link to an answer (a share link, or I click an "answered 1h ago" or "modified 1h ago" link in the active questions list), the sticky top bar will cover up the top of the answer, ...
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Provide a permalink to a query with parameters
I've noticed that sometimes I get a "permalink" for a query that includes the parameters I gave. This is very inconsistent, and I failed to find out when it's provided and when it isn't.
So I have to ...
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Get the best of both worlds when sharing a link
A post share link and a normal post link have these orthogonal advantages:
Share link:
has poster ID => get a sharing badge/track its usage
short => useful in a severely space-constrained media
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How cost effective is it to have the option to generate a permalink for every chat comment [closed]
I am a beginner to the process of URL generation and its money aspect, but recently while chatting on a chatroom for a SO question, I realized that there was an option to generate and have a permalink ...
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Why are links to comments not permalinks?
When sharing a question, the link given by the share button is of the form https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/[question ID]/[user ID] (e.g., https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/5436/178179)
Why are links ...
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Are shortened URI to Stack Exchange questions stable?
URI to questions on Stack Exchange may be shortened from:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/123456789/my-popular-question
to:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/123456789
Suppose you've been ...
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Distinguish between in-app permalinks and external links on StackExchange mobile app
I love the StackExchange mobile app - its low data usage, intuitive navigation and easy access to the most used features means it's often much better than the mobile site.
When touching a permalink ...
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Link to a question, answer or comment
In writing a question, answer or comment, how can I include a clickable link to cross-reference another question, answer or comment?
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