How do I use Multi-Quote?

Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#361 · Oct 18, 2012

Sean Watson11 said:You can find the instructions for using the Multi-Quote feature right here:
FAQ - Multi-quote

I need some assistance here... everyone else seems to have this figured out, but I am completely clueless when it comes to this stuff. Could someone please explain how to insert a "quote" when I want to reply to specific parts of someone's post? Please, help!!! 😲

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Pangloss;23521809 said:Just highlight the section of text you want to respond to and click that little square icon at the end (you can also see it down in the Quick Response area) that says "Wrap
tags around selected text"

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#362 · Oct 18, 2012

breaking quotes one
breaking quotes two
breaking quotes three

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#363 · Oct 18, 2012

Nicholas Williams7 said:breaking quotes one
breaking quotes two
breaking quotes three

fingers crossed

Wrap

quote break two

fingers crossed

Wrap

quote break three

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fingers crossed

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#364 · Oct 18, 2012

Elizabeth Howard8 said:That happens because you forget to ditch the massive quote block after you highlight and cite specific bits... you just leave the whole damn thing from when you hit the quote button at the bottom. Just kill that first quote before you start typing your reply. ".

Nah, then his name won't even show up

nor will there be a link back to his original post. What I always do is just snip the tag from the end and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to talk about,

and then for everything else, just use that "highlight then quote" trick

let me see how it looks
test 1 quote at the bottom of the post. So first thing you gotta do is clear out that initial quote before you even start typing comments on the post. ".[/I]

you're quoting a link to his original post anyway, so you might as well just make a

how I usually handle things,

test 2 which is just cutting the tag from the end of the post and pasting it onto the end of the first section you actually want to comment on,

so I can see how it looks
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ruggedpanther2 said:So far, astronomers have identified three planets outside our solar system—exoplanets, to be precise—that experts believe could potentially serve as homes for future generations of colonists. Back in May, American astronomers discovered Gliese 581 D, located roughly 20 light-years away; it’s about six times the size of Earth and part of a system containing at least six planets. Then, just three months later, a Swiss person reported that another planet, HD 85512b, sitting 36 light-years out, might actually be habitable. This particular planet, tucked away in the Veli valley, has a mass approximately 3.6 times that of Earth.

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#365 · Oct 18, 2012

Elizabeth Howard8 said:That happens because you forget to ditch the massive quote block after you highlight and cite specific bits... you just leave the whole damn thing from when you hit the quote button at the bottom. Just kill that first quote before you start typing your reply. ".

Nah, then his name won't even show up

nor will there be a link back to his original post. What I always do is just snip the tag from the end and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to talk about,

and then for everything else, just use that "highlight then quote" trick

let me see how it looks
You didn't even include a link to his original post, so why not try my usual trick? Just grab the tag from the very end of the post and paste it right after the first section you actually want to comment on.

let me see how that looks

Allen-Iverson;29922705 said:]hehehe

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#366 · Oct 18, 2012

Stuck inside the blue again... man, this stuff is a total headache 😠

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#367 · Oct 18, 2012

Elizabeth Howard8 said:That happens because you forget to ditch the massive quote block after you highlight and cite specific bits... you just leave the whole damn thing from when you hit the quote button at the bottom. Just kill that first quote before you start typing your reply. ".

Nah, then his name won't even show up

nor will there be a link back to his original post. What I always do is just snip the tag from the end and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to talk about,

and then for everything else, just use that "highlight then quote" trick

let me see how it looks
You didn't even include a link back to his original post, so just do what I always do: grab that tag from the end of the message and paste it right after the first chunk of text you actually want to comment on.

let me see how that looks

shakur2;37840483 said:
ruggedpanther2 said:So far, astronomers have identified three planets outside our solar system—exoplanets, to be precise—that experts believe could potentially serve as homes for future generations of colonists. Back in May, American astronomers discovered Gliese 581 D, located roughly 20 light-years away; it’s about six times the size of Earth and part of a system containing at least six planets. Then, just three months later, a Swiss person reported that another planet, HD 85512b, sitting 36 light-years out, might actually be habitable. This particular planet, tucked away in the Veli valley, has a mass approximately 3.6 times that of Earth.

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vividraven7 said:test 😉

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#368 · Oct 18, 2012

Elizabeth Howard8 said:That happens because you forget to ditch the massive quote block after you highlight and cite specific bits... you just leave the whole damn thing from when you hit the quote button at the bottom. Just kill that first quote before you start typing your reply. ".

Nah, then his name won't even show up

nor will there be a link back to his original post. What I always do is just snip the tag from the end and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to talk about,

and then for everything else, just use that "highlight then quote" trick

let me see how it looks
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. So, first thing you should do is wipe out that initial quote before you even start typing your comments. ".[/I]

You're just quoting a link back to his original post, so you could always do what I usually do—just grab the tag from the end of the post and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to comment on.

Let me see how that looks.
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ruggedpanther2 said:So far, astronomers have identified three planets outside our solar system—exoplanets, to be precise—that experts believe could potentially serve as homes for future generations of colonists. Back in May, American astronomers discovered Gliese 581 D, located roughly 20 light-years away; it’s about six times the size of Earth and part of a system containing at least six planets. Then, just three months later, a Swiss person reported that another planet, HD 85512b, sitting 36 light-years out, might actually be habitable. This particular planet, tucked away in the Veli valley, has a mass approximately 3.6 times that of Earth.

Brandon Lopez6 Regular

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#369 · Oct 18, 2012

Curious, honestly sucks reading your stuff in here 😬
Do you want me to send you a screenshot showing how to break up your posts without getting flagged by the mods?

Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#370 · Oct 18, 2012

Brandon Lopez6 said:Curious, honestly sucks reading your stuff in here 😬
Do you want me to send you a screenshot showing how to break up your posts without getting flagged by the mods?

Oh, please, by all means, 😁 Look, I’m struggling here, and I just can’t seem to get it right. 😠
For example, I've had people quote me in pieces where they tuck their own comment right under every single snippet I wrote—even when it explicitly says the reply is from them—and of course, I end up looking like the one being flagged because they're quoting me. Now, I want to be able to do the exact same thing. I don't want it to be just one big blockquote; I want every little part I'm replying to to show exactly who said it, regardless of whether it's one person or five different people!

Ugh, I hope you know what I mean. 🙂

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#371 · Oct 18, 2012

Lil Okie;35142581 said:
Me too...

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......

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maybe

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Rachel Palmer said:It finally clicked 😁

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#372 · Oct 18, 2012

How can I include the original author's name when using the Wrap Quote tool without accidentally turning my own text blue too?

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#373 · Oct 18, 2012

Betty Myers7 said:Then, just go ahead and click the Quote button on that final post you're interested in.
Blah...Quote:
just practicing
just testing to see if I can actually pull this off...

Good grief, what a mess 😳 😳
Still tinkering with this! This should be it, hopefully.

Betty Myers7 said:Good grief, what a total farce 🤣

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Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#374 · Oct 18, 2012

Elizabeth Howard8 said:That happens because you forget to ditch the massive quote block after you highlight and cite specific bits... you just leave the whole damn thing from when you hit the quote button at the bottom. Just kill that first quote before you start typing your reply. ".

Nah, then his name won't even show up

nor will there be a link back to his original post. What I always do is just snip the tag from the end and slap it onto the end of the first section you actually want to talk about,

and then for everything else, just use that "highlight then quote" trick

let me see how it looks
You didn't even include a link to his original post, so you might as well try what I always do: just grab that tag from the very end of the message and move it up to the end of the specific section you actually want to comment on.

let me see how that looks

Look, I have no clue how you "cut and paste" that kind of thing. How does that even work?

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#375 · Oct 18, 2012

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shakur2;37840483 said:

shakur2;37840483 said:
ruggedpanther2 said:So far, astronomers have identified three planets outside our solar system—exoplanets, to be precise—that experts believe could potentially serve as homes for future generations of colonists. Back in May, American astronomers discovered Gliese 581 D, located roughly 20 light-years away; it’s about six times the size of Earth and part of a system containing at least six planets. Then, just three months later, a Swiss person reported that another planet, HD 85512b, sitting 36 light-years out, might actually be habitable. This particular planet, tucked away in the Veli valley, has a mass approximately 3.6 times that of Earth.

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practicing quoting....showing mom..yayyy
[/I]

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vividraven7 said:test 😉

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Brandon Rivera11 Newcomer

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#376 · Oct 18, 2012

Man...🤣 How much effort does it actually take to just copy and paste the exact same thing? 🤣

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Nicholas Williams7 said:How can I include the original author's name when using the Wrap Quote tool without accidentally turning my own text blue too?

I added some spacing to the first set of quotes just so you could see what the Code should look like—in the second set, I stripped the spaces out so the Code is properly formatted.

Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#377 · Oct 18, 2012

Brandon Lopez6;41832641 said:
Curious, honestly. It’s a little depressing reading through this stuff 😬

test 1

You want me to send a screenshot showing how you managed to break the formatting without even triggering the blue highlight?

test 2

Brandon Rivera11 Newcomer

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#378 · Oct 18, 2012

No. 🤦

Take a look at what I wrote above—the forum glitched and threw my post right over yours...

Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#379 · Oct 18, 2012

Look, I’ll give you an example here. I know how to break a post, but what I’m actually trying to do is make sure every single blue highlight says it’s from
. You get where I'm coming from? If I leave that last bracket in there, it shows up as being from you, but then I end up stuck inside the blue section 🙂

Thanks for the help 🙂

Nicholas Williams7 Member

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#380 · Oct 18, 2012

Lady_D;41833297 said:No. 🤦

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Just look at it.

whether

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what I wrote above you,

I'm actually getting somewhere

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the forum glitched and shoved my post above yours

.

so what kind of mess are we looking at now? 🤣

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