Thursday, May 26, 2022

Padlet Posts: yes, they have URLs



Although most people don't think about Padlet as a blogging platform, when you post something to a Padlet, it really is a post, a webpage with an address of its own, and that means you can link to each post directly too... and linkability is the key to being able to easily share content with others. Instead of sending someone to a padlet and then hoping they will find the item you want them to find, you can actually link to exactly the padlet item you want to share.

Here's how that works:

A padlet has its main address (you even get to choose the URL when you configure the settings for your padlet). For example, here's our MYFest Music padlet's address:

https://padlet.com/laurakgibbs/myfestmusic

Then, for each item in the padlet, when you click on the 3-dot menu for an item, you can choose Expand Post, and that will take you to the specific post webpage:

https://padlet.com/laurakgibbs/myfestmusic/wish/2201085523

You can also just copy the URL; "copy link to post" is also one of the options in the 3-dot menu.


Now, Padlet admittedly does not have all the "linkability" of a full-fledged blog platform like WordPress of Blogger. For example, you cannot link to individual comments the way that you can at those blog platforms; the 3-dot menu for comments at Padlet is very limited:


But for the purpose of linking to a specific post at a specific padlet, you are good to go!


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