I'm Sorry to Even Have to Ask

[Earl of Sandwhich]

Since I have been involved with this message board, I have been seeing people respond to other peoples' posts by first quoting what the person said. The first person's statement will appear in bold type on the responder's post.
I have never figured out how to do this. Those of you who have seen my responses to others' posts know this; I am always annoyed that I have to manually type out the original statement, which then does not appear in bold type, and is thus difficult to distinguish from my response.
I would like to know how one quotes someone else in the "bold type" manner.

[Q.E.D.]

Just click the Quote button on the botton right corner of the post you wish to quote. The reply box will be automatically filled in with the quoted post, which you may then edit to quote only that bit which is relevant to your reply. Of course, you don't want to alter the quote in any way so as to misrepresent what the poster was saying.

[Mama Tiger]

Another way, if the hamsters are particularly slow and you don't want to have to go through the extra quote screen, is to simply cut and paste use the vB tag (substituting { for [ and } for ]) {quote} to open, {/quote} to close, and the standard bolding tags for the text within the quote tags. But again, you want to be very careful to not

alter the quote in any way so as to misrepresent what the poster was saying

.

If you click on the vB link at the bottom of this screen, it'll pull up a page with most of the commonly used vB tags that are used here. I've printed it out for ease of reference, being a complete klutz when it comes to accurate vBing.

[NoClueBoy]

Or, you could just copy, paste, and use these thingies: <<quoted stuff>>

Esp if it's just a small snippet from a large post. we all know what is meant by it.

[Mangetout]

While we're on the subject of quoting, always put the attribution (if any) INSIDE the quote tags; here's why (It will become clear with my second post in this thread):


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AnonymousDoper said:

Mangetout, you are a horse's ass

I'd just like to point out that interspecies mating in equines usually results in infertile offspring.
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[Mangetout]

Originally posted by Mangetout
While we're on the subject of quoting, always put the attribution (if any) INSIDE the quote tags; here's why (It will become clear with my second post in this thread):


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AnonymousDoper said:

I'd just like to point out that interspecies mating in equines usually results in infertile offspring.
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The above is what you get when you quote a quote where the attribution is outside of the tags - because nested quoting is not supported here (I think it is an option that is turned off), the deep quote is discarded, but the attribution remains, making it now look like AnonymousDoper wrote the bit about interspecies breeding.

[Earl of Sandwhich]

Originally posted by Q.E.D.
Just click the Quote button on the botton right corner of the post you wish to quote. The reply box will be automatically filled in with the quoted post, which you may then edit to quote only that bit which is relevant to your reply. Of course, you don't want to alter the quote in any way so as to misrepresent what the poster was saying.

[Q.E.D.]

There ya go.

[skyzoo]

Originally posted by Q.E.D.
There ya go.

Wow! Thank you -Earl of Sandwhich for this post, I needed help and practice too!
And thank you, also, Q.E.D. ,Mama Tiger , NoClueBoy ,
and Mangetout for the explanations!

[Chicago Faucet]

Originally posted by skyzoo
Wow! Thank you -Earl of Sandwhich for this post, I needed help and practice too!
And thank you, also, Q.E.D. ,Mama Tiger , NoClueBoy ,
and Mangetout for the explanations!

Here's my test.

[Chicago Faucet]

{quote}Another way, if the hamsters are particularly slow and you don't want to have to go through the extra quote screen, is to simply cut and paste use the vB tag{/quote}

Another test.

[Chicago Faucet]

Failed. Let's try again.

{quote} Another test. {/quote}

[Chicago Faucet]

Dammit! The VB isn't working for me. Oh well, I'll just stick with the quote button. I seem to have that down pat.

Originally posted by Chicago Faucet
Failed. Let's try again.

{quote} Another test. {/quote}

[Chicago Faucet]

Ah, looking back, I know what my mistake was. I see the difference between the { and the [. I'll still stick with the button. It's easiest that way.

Thank you everyone.

[roadrunner70]

Use [ ] [/ ] instead of the brackets and it'll work...

[Munch]

Yeah, just use these: [quote] and [/quote]

[C K Dexter Haven]

<< It's easiest that way. >>

Well, I dunno, I think my cut-and-paste is pretty easy...

[dantheman]

<<Well, I dunno, I think my cut-and-paste is pretty easy...>>

'Cept we can't tell who said it in the first place from your post.

[HerMajestyLorna]

Originally posted by dantheman
<<Well, I dunno, I think my cut-and-paste is pretty easy...>>

'Cept we can't tell who said it in the first place from your post.

This is only a test...

[Ice Wolf]

Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven
<< It's easiest that way. >>

Well, I dunno, I think my cut-and-paste is pretty easy...

Just my very humble opinion -- I'd say that cut-and-paste was harder than simply clicking on the "quote" button, deleting sentences that aren't relevant to the rest of your responding post, then making the post beneath.

As dantheman said -- it makes it harder to tell who you're quoting when you just c&p between a set of << ...>>, as well.

[C K Dexter Haven]

Ice Wolf: << As dantheman said -- it makes it harder to tell who you're quoting when you just c&p between a set of << ...>>, as well. >>

Oh.

[Ice Wolf]

Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven
Ice Wolf: << As dantheman said -- it makes it harder to tell who you're quoting when you just c&p between a set of << ...>>, as well. >>

Oh.

That's cool. I can live with that.

[Jonno]

Another thing I've picked up that's helped me learn a lot. When you see someone do something you want to learn, use the quote button. It shows all the code they've used to make it that way.

[Flamsterette_X]

Yes, and after you do that.. if you want to remember how to do it, print the page out. I think that'll show everything they used to make it that way. (or copy and paste it on a new document, and print it out)

F_X

[Mangetout]

Mangetout says:
Yes,butthequotebuttonwillnotrevealhowIdidthis,Bwhahahaha!

[Ice Wolf]

No, but those of us with long memories (and much admiration) will.

[dantheman]

Originally posted by Mangetout

[Mangetout]

tee hee

[dantheman]

psst Mangetout, there're typos in your sig.

[Marconi & Schmeese]

Originally posted by Q.E.D.
Just click the Quote button on the botton right corner of the post you wish to quote. The reply box will be automatically filled in with the quoted post, which you may then edit to quote only that bit which is relevant to your reply. Of course, you don't want to alter the quote in any way so as to misrepresent what the poster was saying.

Test

[Marconi & Schmeese]

Originally posted by Marconi & Schmeese
Test

Oh my gosh, that's so great! Now I'm going to run amok quoting people.