I know how to make a link to a specific node (i.e. this link goes to the Snippets) but how do I link to a specific node? I am trying to link to node 7508, but the name of the node (Re: An Elegance Question) is shared by multiple nodes. How can I generate a link directly to the correct node? Putting the title returns the "Duplicates Found" page, and putting the number returns a "Not Found"

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RE: Hyperlinks to specific nodes
by Aighearach (Initiate) on Apr 25, 2000 at 10:48 UTC

    I wandered over to everything2, and noticed it's not a problem there. So I looked at the link here and there, and the only difference I found is that there, all the nodes are node=maneornumber and here named nodes are node= and other nodes are node_id=

    So maybe if they just change the configuration to make them the same, then we can link in other nodes.

    It's something to try, anyway....

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  20436869632c20746865206f6e652077697468
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      Actually things work exactly the same way over there.... they just happen to have node titles that correspond to a lot of the numbers. So node=1978 might have a writeup saying the year Tim Vroom was born or other noteworthy events... if you try higher numbers you'll see that you're likely to get a "not found".

      That's something I would like to see added though and it should be coming in the future.

      vroom | Tim Vroom | vroom@cs.hope.edu

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RE: Hyperlinks to specific nodes
by turnstep (Parson) on Apr 19, 2000 at 04:39 UTC
    That should say "I know how to make a link to a specifically named node". For some reason, I cannot edit my own original post above.
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RE: Hyperlinks to specific nodes
by perlmonkey (Hermit) on Apr 25, 2000 at 02:29 UTC
    Did this every get answered? I have the same question and cant find the answer. Could someone with a clue please post. Thanks.
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