Phoebe
01-11-2007, 07.47 am
Using quotes when replying to a message can be confusing at first, so here's a basic 'How to'.
To 'Quote' or use text from the original message when replying to a post, you need to click on 'Quote' at the bottom of their message. This will bring up the entire text of the message in your reply box.
You will notice when this happens, that there is some text in square brackets before and after the quoted text. This is what tells the computer that the text in between is a quote and who wrote it. For example, you might see
[quote = Sam; 49836] I went to the saddlery today [ / quote]
(Note that additional spaces were added here (either side of the = and /) to prevent the computer starting a proper quote on this occasion, so you could see the text which otherwise becomes invisible).
In all HTML style coding (HTML is the language used to write webpages and so forth) there needs to be an on and off command. Above, the 'Quote On' command is [quote = Sam; 49836] and the "Quote Off" command is
[ / quote]. If your message doesn't have both of these commands included, the quote won't work properly.
All these commands are usually included automatically when you click the 'Quote' button on someone's message. Most people get into trouble when they only want to include a specific part of the message and delete the rest. If you want to trim it down, make sure you don't delete the [ / quote] at the end.
Also note, that the number appearing in the 'Quote On' command refers to the post number (I think) and is not essential if you are writing the commands yourself. Eg, [quote ] or [quote = Sam] with spaces removed, will work just as well.
To 'Quote' or use text from the original message when replying to a post, you need to click on 'Quote' at the bottom of their message. This will bring up the entire text of the message in your reply box.
You will notice when this happens, that there is some text in square brackets before and after the quoted text. This is what tells the computer that the text in between is a quote and who wrote it. For example, you might see
[quote = Sam; 49836] I went to the saddlery today [ / quote]
(Note that additional spaces were added here (either side of the = and /) to prevent the computer starting a proper quote on this occasion, so you could see the text which otherwise becomes invisible).
In all HTML style coding (HTML is the language used to write webpages and so forth) there needs to be an on and off command. Above, the 'Quote On' command is [quote = Sam; 49836] and the "Quote Off" command is
[ / quote]. If your message doesn't have both of these commands included, the quote won't work properly.
All these commands are usually included automatically when you click the 'Quote' button on someone's message. Most people get into trouble when they only want to include a specific part of the message and delete the rest. If you want to trim it down, make sure you don't delete the [ / quote] at the end.
Also note, that the number appearing in the 'Quote On' command refers to the post number (I think) and is not essential if you are writing the commands yourself. Eg, [quote ] or [quote = Sam] with spaces removed, will work just as well.