Lesson in Quotes

[froars]

I've finally conquered putting pictures in, but i'm useless at doing quotes - how long have i been posting for 
When i do the quotes - all i get is just the quotes.
All the know it alls have who gave the quote etc.
Help lol

[one-eyed]

There are two ways to do a "quote" from scratch. The first is to click on . This will give you the begin and end quote "tags"

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[quote][/quote]

Alternatively you can just type the tags in yourself.

ok from there just place whatever text you want to quote between the

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[quote] and

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[/quote] like so

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[quote]This is a quote[/quote].

Now if you quoting another poster's message this is done automatically for you and you just need to edit the text (delete unwanted parts).

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[quote author=oneeyed]
Billy Nicholls should make a comeback
[/quote]


If you want to get fancy you can have quotes from multiple posters in one post. The easiest way is to have two windows. One for your message and the other to extract the other posters' messages. So for instance if you want to refer to 2 posters at the same time, quote one person's message using the button belonging to their post, cut/copy the text and paste it into the second window (your post). Then go back to the thread and quote using the button belonging to the second person's post. Then cut and paste that text below the first one in the second window. Finally type in whatever message you want to say and post.

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[quote author=oneeyed]
Billy Nicholls should make a comeback
[/quote]

[quote author=WilliamPowell]
Billy was a supreme athlete
[/quote]

We want Billy back!
   

[froars]

Thanks one eyed - i think lol