How a Captive Nut turned into a How-To-Make-a-How-To-Thread

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

I think it could work to put the information in one thread and post a link to the original information in the other thread, reducing storage and bandwidth demands, reduce work for moderators (as anyone can create the link) and provide information flow.

If the above is practical, I think I would prefer to see the full information in the restoration thread which would let me see the information with the context of why the how-to was needed, how it works and the result of the inventor used it, then the how-to thread might just be a series of links to other threads.

On the other hand, I can recall postings of how-to that were not related to a restoration - just a technique a member wanted to share.

Anyone on this forum can start a new thread on a specific topic, and insert links to related threads and posts on this (or another!) forum. You can link to a thread by:

1) going to that thread and copying and pasting the title;

2) copy the URL in the top of your browsers (starts with http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.....);

3) then select the title and click on the "insert link" button createlink.gif above the message box - an "insert hyperlink" popup opens;

4) paste to copied URL in the URL box and click OK

Example: Chevrolet C8 1940 Cab 11 restoration, The Netherlands


You can also link to a specific post by looking up the post, click on the number (to the right of the date header). You are then viewing a single post in your screen. Create a link to like explained above: make a few new cages (or just post the link: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&postcount=188 )

I you want to make it really fancy, you can click on "thread" on the right of the "view single post" header and insert that link: make a few new cages - in this case anyone clicking on this link will jump to the specific post in the thread, while keeping it in context with the rest of the thread.

I would like to encourage anyone to try this, I can always fix things if you make mistakes.

Good luck and let me know if you need help!

Hanno