Putting quotes from another post in my post

[MB104]

How do I take a portion of another persons post as a quote and post it in my post as I see all over this board?

 

[ShakaZulu]

How do I take a portion of another persons post as a quote and post it in my post as I see all over this board?

Just click the reply button on that person's post..............

 

[cdiver2]

Just click the reply button on that person's post..............

He said PORTION of a quote. I dont know how to do it.

 

[Bob3]

Just click the reply button on that person's post............. And then edit as you see fit.

not so bad, eh?
There's also a little icon just above the "text box" when you're replying that you can click on, it looks like the "text baloon" in cartoons. (only shows up in the "advanced mode" unless you hit the "reply" button

 

[cdiver2]

not so bad, eh?

 

[Snowbear]

not so bad, eh?

When you edit - make sure you leave the code intact (the parts between the [...])

 

[MB104]

not so bad, eh?

This is me giving it a try....lets see what I end up with.

Thanks for the info



yea.....it worked!

 

[Kim]

You can also do it by hand - you have to use the boxes:

[*****= users name].......paste text here......[/*****]

Replace the stars with the word QUOTE (if I did it in the example you wouldn't see the code!) If you leave out the users name then you'll only get the quote box without knowing who said it

 

[The Kraken]

Left click and hold on the text that you want to copy, let go the left click. The right click and select "copy". Go to your reply box, right click in the box and "paste".

 

[The Chairman]

There are quite a few ways to do this... knowing the code helps. If you make a quote and then "edit" you post you will see a

at the beginning and the SAME thing except with a / in front of the word quote at the end. Using the argument

where xxx is a user's name will identify who the quote is from. PS, I often use nicknames instead of the user's name when doing this.