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Forte Post Permalink — Step 2: Feature Description

Problem

Forte has no shareable direct link to one specific post — only a thread-level link (/forte?selected={threadId}), with no way to point at one specific post or reply within it.

User Stories

  • As a Forte board-view reader, I want a "#" permalink on each post/reply, so I can share a link straight to it instead of "the third reply in this thread."

  • As someone who opens a shared Forte permalink, I want to land on the board with the right thread selected and the target post highlighted and scrolled into view, so I don't have to hunt for it myself.

  • As a reader with a tag filter active when I generate or follow a permalink, I want it to still work, so the link isn't silently broken by whatever filter state I happened to be in.

Core Requirements

  • Every post (thread root and replies) gets a small "#" permalink anchor, mirroring classic's own post-card-permalink affordance, styled for the paned chrome.

  • The link points to /forte?selected={threadId}&created_post_id={postId}#post-{postId} — reusing paned_board_reader.js's existing on-load restore logic verbatim (per approved Step 1, Option A): select the thread, find the post, highlight it, scroll to it.

  • Permalink URLs never include a tag filter (tag=) — the target thread's row must always be visible on load regardless of whatever filter the reader had active, since selectThread() skips hidden rows.

  • No new JS, no new backend route, no database changes — this is markup-only, generating URLs the board already knows how to restore.

  • No changes to classic's own /posts/{id} page or its post-card-permalink link.

Shared Component Inventory

  • paned_board_reader.js's initialSelected/initialCreatedPostId on-load restore logic — reused unchanged; originally built for the post-reply redirect landing, already generic enough for any post ID.

  • Classic's post-card-permalink anchor (post_card.php) — not reused directly (points at classic's /posts/{id}, a different URL entirely); Forte gets its own equivalent anchor with the same "#" affordance convention, pointed at the board URL instead.

  • paned_board_content_pane.php (thread root) / paned_thread_reply_tree.php (replies) — extended with the new anchor, alongside the Like/Flag buttons forte_reactions already added there.

Simple User Flow

  1. Reader clicks the "#" next to any post or reply.

  2. The browser's address bar now shows a link they can copy and share.

  3. Anyone who opens that link lands on /forte with the right thread selected, the target post highlighted, and scrolled into view — the same restore experience a fresh reply already gets today.

Success Criteria

  • Every post and reply on the board has a working "#" permalink.

  • Following a permalink selects the correct thread and highlights/scrolls to the correct post, with zero JS changes required to do it.

  • A permalink still works correctly even when generated or followed while a tag filter was active.

  • Classic's /posts/{id} and its own permalink link are completely unaffected.