[SalesForce] How to find field variables to pass to URL for custom button

I've seen several solutions for passing variables via a URL string.
I'm just wondering how you can find these variables.
For example, there are some that have explained as below.
I'm trying to find the 'Call Type' variable on a task to pass in the URL string.
This one listed below is for just 'Type'.

Type: &tsk10={!text} (The text you type in here must be a value in the picklist)

example string:
https://na6.salesforce.com/00T/e?title=Call&who_id=!User.Id}&00N800000004wDKu=Marketing&what_id={!Account.Id}&tsk3=!Account.Name}&tsk5=Call&tsk12=Completed&retURL=%2F{Account.Id}

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Use a chrome browser right click and say inspect element.

Say for eg. you want to include the name of the field "website" for using in your URL param

Right click on the website input field and you should the screen split into half and show the raw code like

<div id="acc12_ileinner" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</div>

Use the Id in your URL acc12_ileinner= "yahoo.com"

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You can create a custom button and add some custom parameters to the edit url. The url would look something like this: https://cs11.salesforce.com/{!Case.Id}/e?retURL=%2F{!Case.Id}&nameofyourstatusfield=New

To find out the name of your status field, view source on the edit page and look for the name attribute. It should look something like this: <select id="cas7" name="cas7" tabindex="2"></select>

So if the name of your status field is "cas7", the url would look like: https://cs11.salesforce.com/{!Case.Id}/e?retURL=%2F{!Case.Id}&cas7=New

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You are missing one other param to which you pass the actual name of the opportunity (when you remove _lkid you are passing the lookupfield name = {!opportunity_Id})

Read this blog for thorough understanding on hop to do URL hacking with lookups

some ID field: e.g. CF00…. This corresponds to the ID of the field that you want to be prepopulated. This will always be the text that is displayed in the box.

{some ID field}_lkid: e.g. CF00…_lkid. If the field in question is a lookup or master-detail, then this field should be set to the resulting record ID {some other ID field}. Note that in this case, the actual non _lkid field is irrelevant, and not consulted.

http://raydehler.com/cloud/clod/salesforce-url-hacking-to-prepopulate-fields-on-a-standard-page-layout.html

Answer for your question

/500/e?
CF00NC0000005Au31={!opportunity.name}&
CF00NC0000005Au31_lkid={!Opportunity.Id}
&RecordType=012C0000000MK5d

Should populate the opportunity in the lookup field

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