I'm finding that not everyone gets that [link] is only meant to show the URL of the post. One person told me he was expecting a dialogue box to appear showing how to link to a post from his page, or something, and didn't get that it was just so he could look at the address bar and see the URL. I can explain it in my FAQ, but would it make sense to use [url] instead of [link] for this feature? Even if someone doesn't know what a URL is, at least it's not creating expectations, because it's a noun instead of a noun/verb. The other alternative would be to keep [link] but actually have a page appear when you clicked it that said something like "The URL for this post is _________________. Feel free to copy and paste for use as a hyperlink."
- tom moody 5-21-2003 11:21 pm

I'll change it to whatever people think. On some other sites they use 'permalink' or 'permanent link'. Not sure if those make more or less sense though. 'url' is probably good, even though "they" are trying to get people to say 'uri' instead. Hardly anyone does though.

One other thing I thought was that if someone wants to link to just one post, wouldn't they really want to link to the comment page? (Assuming comments are on for the page in question.)

Any other thoughts on this?
- jim 5-21-2003 11:32 pm [add a comment]


Actually, maybe something with 'permanent' does make sense, since it's not necessarily just for linking. It's the real "permanent" address for the content, since what is at /tommoody (or wherever) changes over time. But the post at /tommoody/?123 never changes.
- jim 5-21-2003 11:35 pm [add a comment]


I've seen [link], [permalink], [url] and [time/date]. [permalink] seems like a good choice.
- mark 5-22-2003 6:37 am [add a comment]





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