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Using quotes..

Postby paulwatkins » Tue 23.01.2007, 16:52

When you use the quote function, how do you get the bold "username said:" bit to appear? :?
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Re: Using quotes..

Postby ailwyn » Tue 23.01.2007, 16:59

paulwatkins wrote:When you use the quote function, how do you get the bold "username said:" bit to appear? :?


Like this?

just make sure the opening quote marker (inside the [] brackets) is - quote="paulwatkins"

e.g. [ quote="paulwatkins" ] [ /quote ] (make sure you remove the spaces - they have been added so that the text will show). The text between the two markers will then be placed in a box as above.
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Postby paulwatkins » Tue 23.01.2007, 19:48

ailwyn wrote:just make sure the opening quote marker (inside the [] brackets) is - quote="paulwatkins"

e.g. [ quote="paulwatkins" ] [ /quote ] (make sure you remove the spaces - they have been added so that the text will show). The text between the two markers will then be placed in a box as above.



Like this? :-D

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Postby ailwyn » Wed 24.01.2007, 00:51

Spot on! 8)
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Postby Doug » Wed 24.01.2007, 01:06

sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .
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Postby paulwatkins » Wed 24.01.2007, 08:19

Doug wrote:sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .


Like this?

Thanks for the advice guys!
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Postby GeoffSmith » Wed 24.01.2007, 20:20

Dastardy Doug wrote:sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .


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Postby Doug » Wed 24.01.2007, 22:34

geoffsmith wrote:sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .
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Postby stevieshag » Sun 01.02.2009, 23:09

[quote="Doug"][quote="geoffsmith"]sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .[/quote][/quote]

I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ?
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Re: Re:

Postby Enright » Mon 02.02.2009, 00:03

stevieshag wrote:
Doug wrote:
geoffsmith wrote:sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .


I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ?

No idea - all I did was to hit the quote button before typing this and it worked for me. :?
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Re: Re:

Postby stevieshag » Mon 02.02.2009, 06:44

[quote="Enright"][quote="stevieshag"][quote="Doug"][quote="geoffsmith"]sounds like he is gearing up to battle Geoff in the "made up quotes" section . . . :-D




also, if you just hit the "quote" box on someone's reply instead of hitting the "post reply" button, it will set up the quote for you and you can then remove some of the quote as needed to show what you wanted . . .[/quote][/quote]

I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ?[/quote]
No idea - all I did was to hit the quote button before typing this and it worked for me. :?[/quote]

great i am glad thats sorted... :shock: :x
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Re: Re:

Postby tweetdriver63 » Mon 02.02.2009, 06:56

[quote="stevieshag"][quote="Enright"][quote="stevieshag"]

I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ? [/quote]
No idea - all I did was to hit the quote button before typing this and it worked for me. :? [/quote]

great i am glad thats sorted... :shock: :x [/quote]

Go to your profile, and click on the "Board Preferences" tab. Over on the left side, click on the "Edit posting defaults" link. Make sure the first item, "Enable BBCode by default," is marked YES. If it isn't, the quote things don't work. I went into my profile and marked BBCode -- NO, then I tried a post with quotes, and when I previewed my post, it looked just like the problem you're having. If it's not that, I don't know.. Hope that helps, though.

Apparently, as you can see by this post of mine, if you're quoting a post that is messed up that way, it doesn't work when you do it either.
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Re: Re:

Postby tweetdriver63 » Mon 02.02.2009, 07:05

Enright wrote:
stevieshag wrote:I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ?

No idea - all I did was to hit the quote button before typing this and it worked for me. :?


This one was good, so when I used the quote button, it worked fine. The last one was posted with BBCode off (apparently), so when I quote it, it doesn't work.
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Re: Re:

Postby stevieshag » Mon 02.02.2009, 07:28

tweetdriver63 wrote:
Enright wrote:
stevieshag wrote:I have hit the quote button but my quote doesnt appear in a box & it still appears as above... why ?

No idea - all I did was to hit the quote button before typing this and it worked for me. :?


This one was good, so when I used the quote button, it worked fine. The last one was posted with BBCode off (apparently), so when I quote it, it doesn't work.


ok done BBCode dont think its made a difference, it hasnt in preview window.
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Re: Using quotes..

Postby stevieshag » Mon 02.02.2009, 07:29

Yes it has .. Cheers tweety... :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Re: Using quotes..

Postby Sy V » Mon 02.02.2009, 11:26

stevieshag wrote:Yes it has .. Cheers tweety... :banana: :banana: :banana:


'Cheers tweety'!?
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