How do I use Multi-Quote?

Nicholas Williams7 said: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. 🙂

Brandon Rivera11 said:No. 🤦

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

Nicholas Williams7 said: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 🙂

jadedrifter2 said:I have a couple of questions:

1. How do I quote a post that’s already quoting someone else? I'm trying to nest them—you know, having one quoted block inside another rather than just stacking them on top of each other.

2. Is there a better way to split up a single post into several different replies while keeping the original author's name attached to each part? Up until now, I've just been manually copying and pasting the username along with those little ID numbers, which is honestly such a chore... is there a faster, more streamlined way to handle this?

Eric Fox7 said:Just click that little arrow on his post—you know, the one by marijevog—and it’ll jump you right there. Then just hit the multi-quote button, head back over to lukin's post, and hit quote.

Frank Booth12 said:boldsailor12

test

a more complicated way

tags around selected text"

Keith Rodriguez27 said:Just highlight whatever part of the text you’re trying to hit back at, then click that last little square icon—you can also find it right down there in the Quick Response area—that says "Wrap

Zachary Sanchez2 said:

highlight the specific part of the text you want to reply to

haha

Nicholas Martinez47;46111626 said:QUOTE=Pangloss;23521809]Just highlight the specific part you want to reply to, then hit that last little rectangular icon—you’ll see it under the Quick Response section too—that says "Wrap

Fine - now Free

Jose Ruiz2;36149717 said:Look, it’s actually super easy. Just highlight whatever part of the text you want to reply to and hit that "Wrap Quote" icon,

highlighted

then just type right after it. If you want to do it again, just highlight more text and hit the button again, and so on...

keep typing

The reason everything ends up stuck inside one giant block is because you aren't deleting the closing quote tag at the end. When you hit that quote button, the forum automatically sticks a quote tag at the start and end; leave the first one so people see what you're actually replying to, but fix that bottom one

I don't get this

first quote

second quote

third quote

first quote

second quote

third quote

redhawk76 said:No, that wouldn't quite work the way you're thinking...
Where am I missing the mark? If you could provide some more specific guidance, I’d appreciate it.

My current process is a bit of a cumbersome workaround—I tend to hit Quote, copy the entire block, strip out the parts I don't need, write my response, then paste the whole thing back in just to prune it again, and repeat the cycle indefinitely.

redhawk76 said:No, that wouldn't quite work the way you're thinking...
Where am I missing the mark? If you could provide some more specific guidance, I’d appreciate it.

My current process is a bit of a cumbersome workaround—I tend to hit Quote, copy the entire block, strip out the parts I don't need, write my response, then paste the whole thing back in just to prune it again, and repeat the cycle indefinitely.

jadetrucker43 said:Maybe it would help if you actually figured out how your posts are supposed to look? 🙂 Like this:

your comment on the first quote

your comment on the second quote

your comment on the third quote

Pay attention to the QUOTE tags—no slash means the start of the quote, and the slash marks the end. That means your commentary needs to go after the

first quote

second quote

third quote

your take on the first quote

your take on the second quote

your take on the third quote

Pay attention to those QUOTE tags—one slash starts the quote, and the other ends it. That means your commentary needs to go right after 😉

Jerry Williams31 said:let's try

your take on the first quote

like this

your take on the second quote

👋

your take on the third quote

🙂thanks

Pay attention to those QUOTE tags—one slash starts the quote, and the other ends it. That means your commentary needs to go right after 😉

like this

👋

🙂thanks

redhawk76 said:

redhawk76 As specified by:
Quote:

No, that simply wouldn't work. To what end? Where exactly am I missing the mark? If you could provide some more detailed guidance, I’d appreciate it. And why exactly is that the case? My process is a bit more convoluted than most—I tend to quote the entire block, strip away the parts that don't serve my point, provide my response, and then repeat the cycle by pasting the full quote again only to prune it once more.

It’s stalling, and we’re nearly at the finish line...

Here is how I’m approaching this (I’ll provide as much detail as possible), From the very beginning....):
To quote a post, you simply hit the Quote button to trigger the quoted block; then, highlight the specific section of text you intend to address and click the icon—that little speech bubble symbol—to finalize your comment. Wrap Quote the designated portion of the text should be enclosed within quote tags at both the beginning and the end Wrap QuoteI will append my commentary following that Wrap Quote at the end; I’ll highlight the second section once more; add the icon again; and then follow up with another comment right after the quote.

It seems my formatting has gone completely sideways; everything—from my own commentary down to those smaller nested quotes—is getting swallowed up by one massive, oversized quote block at the end of the post. It makes sense, I suppose, given that my own remarks are nested within the primary quote block... wouldn't you agree?
I feel as though I am missing a crucial step in my process, or perhaps there is a fundamental flaw in my approach that remains stubbornly out of reach, yet despite my efforts, the error eludes everyone's perception.🤷
Everyone keeps telling me the same thing: highlight the text, hit the icon, leave a comment. So, I follow the instructions to the letter, but when you look at the actual results... well, the outcome speaks for itself.
Something isn't quite clicking, so I would appreciate it if someone with a bit of patience could take a look at my task list and help me pinpoint exactly where my logic is faltering.🙂

Practice.

Keith Rodriguez27 said:That’s because they stay trapped in that giant quote box since you forget to delete the original big quote you get when you first hit the quote icon at the bottom of the post. You gotta wipe that first quote out before you start adding your own commentary. But if you do that, you lose the person's name and the link back to their original post. So, here's the move: do what I always do—just grab that

tag from the very end of the post and paste it right after the specific section you actually want to reply to, then use the "highlight and quote" method for the rest of your stuff.
So—here’s how you do it—you just take that bit from the end of the post and tack it right onto the tail end of the first section you want to comment on... and then, for everything else? Well, you just use that whole "highlight then quote" method! Simple enough, isn't it?

Just practicing—nothing more, nothing less!

redhawk76 said:Let me try...

The trick is to wipe that initial quote clean before you start adding your own commentary. If you don't, you lose the attribution to the user you're replying to and the direct link to their original post; instead, you can follow my usual workflow,

Moving along...

which involves cutting the end of the post and pasting it onto the conclusion of the first segment you intend to address, then applying the "highlight and quote" method to the rest of the content.

I believe that should work...

Edit: there we go!
Thanks a million! 🙂
(It wasn't that I neglected to delete the main quote, but rather that no one had pointed out that step was necessary; I suppose I failed to engage my own brain, assuming everything here would be served to me on a silver platter...)🤷

I suppose I should get back to my poetry practice—is there ever really an end to refining one's craft? It’s a quiet sort of discipline, isn't it? Just me, the ink, and the endless pursuit of the perfect meter.