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Jacob Foster11 Jacob Foster11 Active Member
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#121 ·
Brian Wright56 said:Exactly my point.
So, how does one actually pull that off?

Fine, go study it then:

Brian Wright56;28404590 said:

Spec.tre;23687956 said:If you want to quote multiple different posts, select the "Multi-Quote" option (to the right of the Quote button) for all the posts you want to cite except for the last one, then just hit the Quote button on the final post you want. It will automatically wrap all those posts in Quote tags, and from there you can manually delete unnecessary parts, bold what matters, or drop your own comments between the quotes.


Brian Wright56;28404507 said:test

test


test
Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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#122 ·
Morgan Ramos;28412721 said:
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


What "last rectangular icon"? I can't even see one while looking at your original post.
I just printed out the quote from Jacob Foster11😳 who says the first and easiest way is to just hit the button... in the writing form, etc...

Where is this button? It isn't there!!! You have to click Quote just to get to this page and actually see the damn thing.
I've had enough. I don't need any more "teachers" like this!!!
Karen Cook51 Karen Cook51 Member
32 messages
joined Sep 2010
#123 ·
btw. Morgan Ramos, you’ve got that icon over here too, not just next to the Quick Response (in case you missed it)

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Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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joined Aug 2010
#124 ·
Karen Cook51 said:btw. Morgan Ramos, you’ve got that icon over here too, not just next to the Quick Response (in case you missed it)

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Man, if only she were as reliable as Andress.

I think I finally figured out how this thing works, though it took some serious mental heavy lifting and digging through all these threads to pick up the pieces.
I’m done for now, but tomorrow I’ll lay it all out so even the absolute idiots can grasp it immediately.
Brian Wright56 Brian Wright56 Member
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joined Jun 2009
#125 ·
Jacob Foster11 said:Fine, go study it then:

test

🤷 I honestly can't wrap my head around this—I'm sure it's simple enough, but I just don't get the logic here.😕
Jacob Foster11 Jacob Foster11 Active Member
132 messages
joined Nov 2007
#126 ·
Brian Wright56 said:🤷 I honestly can't wrap my head around this—I'm sure it's simple enough, but I just don't get the logic here.😕

Maybe I can break it down for you like this:
Code:
part of the post outside and above the outer quote

inside the outer quote, outside and above the inner quote

inside both the outer and inner quotes

inside the outer quote, outside and below the inner quote

part of the post outside and below the outer quote

je'l clearer now?

Result:

part of the post outside and above the outer quote
inside the outer quote, outside and above the inner quote
Quote:
inside both the outer and inner quotes
inside the outer quote, outside and below the inner quote
part of the post outside and below the outer quote
Brian Wright56 Brian Wright56 Member
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#127 ·
Quote:Brian Wright56 said:I can't wrap my head around this—it's probably easy, but I just don't get the logic

Maybe I can lay it out for you like this:
Code:
part of the post outside and above the outer Quote Wrap
inside the outer Quote Wrap, but outside and above the inner Quote Wrap
Quote:
inside both the outer and inner Quote Wrap
inside the outer Quote Wrap, but outside and below the inner Quote Wrap
part of the post outside and below the outer Quote Wrap
je'l clearer now?

The Result:

part of the post outside and above the outer Quote Wrap
Quote:inside the outer Quote Wrap, but outside and above the inner Quote Wrap
Quote:inside both the outer and inner Quote Wrap

inside the outer Quote Wrap, but outside and below the inner Quote Wrap

part of the post outside and below the outer Quote Wrap
__________________
# kill -9 State
# rm -rf /system/capitalism
# apt-get install anarchy
Now, are you clicking "-Quote-" right under the post you're quoting, or are you hitting that little bubble button on the far right in the "Quick Response" section? 😵
Brian Wright56 Brian Wright56 Member
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#128 ·
Nice ideas! All you’re missing now is your own name in the post and that little arrow pointing back to the original thread. How did you even pull this off here?
shadowskipper75 shadowskipper75 Newcomer
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#129 ·
Jason Evans97 said:Can someone please weigh in on which of these quotes I've put together actually works?

tryin'
shadowskipper75 shadowskipper75 Newcomer
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#130 ·
Jason Evans97 said:Can someone please weigh in on which of these quotes I've put together actually works?

ughhh
shadowskipper75 shadowskipper75 Newcomer
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#131 ·
Jason Evans97 said:Can someone please weigh in on which of these quotes I've put together actually works?

Response 1

can someone tell me which of my quotes actually looks okay?

Response 2

Alright, I’m gonna run through this again with a full breakdown of every single mouse click, since apparently everyone else keeps forgetting how important that is. Every little click matters, and where you click matters even more. Step by step!
I had this one coworker from overseas who used to tell me all the time: "I'm stupid, that's why please explain step by step."
shadowskipper75 shadowskipper75 Newcomer
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#132 ·
Jason Evans97 said:Can someone please weigh in on which of these quotes I've put together actually works?

Alright, slow down. Regarding arsarita's post asking: "Can someone please tell me which of my quotes looks okay?"
1. Just hit that Quote icon on the bottom left.
2. You'll get the whole block of text with
"quote=arsarita;23933246]Please can someone answer which of my quotes is okay?/quote",
I skipped the brackets and the big Q because this stupid machine thinks they're commands if you aren't careful.
3. Now just delete the part—that's the one at the end with the slash.
4. Put your cursor right after the word "someone" so you can split the text into two quotes (or however many you want), then hit Enter to separate the second part like I did below. The first quote stays put.
5. Click that yellow square icon (the fourth one from the right) to get "quote" and "/quote". I'm typing them in lowercase without brackets so the PC doesn't freak out, but you should use the actual uppercase version with [].
6. Highlight , then Copy/Paste it right after the word "someone" in that first line.
7. Now just write your comment for the first quote.

8. Grab "quote" (again, I'm typing it small and without brackets, but use the stuff from step 5) and Copy/Paste it before the word "answer" in the second quote below.
9. Grab the "/quote" from step 5 and Copy/Paste it at the very end of the second quote, just like you see here.

answer which of my quotes is ok?

Now type your comment for the second quote.

That's it. Done. Looks like a total headache, but it's not. Once you do it once, it's easy.
Gonna send the reply now and see how it actually looks.
Karen Cook51 Karen Cook51 Member
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joined Sep 2010
#133 ·
Morgan Ramos said:Man, if only she were as reliable as Andress.

I think I finally figured out how this thing works, though it took some serious mental heavy lifting and digging through all these threads to pick up the pieces.
I’m done for now, but tomorrow I’ll lay it all out so even the absolute idiots can grasp it immediately.

😍😍 Yeah, we're kind of in the same boat here... feels like she's practically my sister. 😬

Morgan Ramos said:Man, if only she were as reliable as Andress.

I think I finally figured out how this thing works, though it took some serious mental heavy lifting and digging through all these threads to pick up the pieces.
I’m done for now, but tomorrow I’ll lay it all out so even the absolute idiots can grasp it immediately.

Look, you'll figure it out eventually. No biggie. You can't just know everything right out of the gate. 😉
Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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#134 ·
Karen Cook51 said:😍😍 Yeah, we're kind of in the same boat here... feels like she's practically my sister. 😬

Look, you'll figure it out eventually. No biggie. You can't just know everything right out of the gate. 😉


What do you think, Andress? Did I get it right? Just don't laugh—she isn't quite that toothless, even if she's getting up there in years.

yeah, you'll figure it out eventually, no biggie.. You can't know everything at once😉

Do you agree?
Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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#135 ·
Pangloss;23521809 said:
highlight the section of text you want to reply to


and then click this last rectangular icon


(which you can also see under the Quick Response) that says "Quote Wrap
tags around selected text"

I'm testing how this looks because of that other (quote) stuck inside the middle of the third quote.

The text from the third quote starts at the beginning and ends with "Quote Wrap ended up being the response to the second quote, and then the rest of the third quote follows."

Asking the experts here: is there any way to neutralize that "quote" after "Wrap so the text of the third quote stays intact instead of just showing "-tags around selected text"?

Also, I noticed the author link is missing.

I'll try again.

It seems like nobody else is getting the arrow link for this post either.
Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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#136 ·
jadetrucker43 said:If you’re looking to pull in a few different posts at once, just hit that "Multi-Quote" option—it's right there next to the standard Quote button—for every message you want to reference, except for the very last one. Once you've tagged them all, just click the regular Quote button on that final post. Everything should automatically wrap itself in those quote tags, giving you the freedom to clean up any fluff, bold the parts that actually matter, or slide your own commentary in between the blocks of text. It's pretty straightforward, really.


Response to the first multi

[QUOTE="cosmicskipper39, post: 382206, member: 654"]You can even do it "manually" if you want.
AltGr + F = [
AltGr + G = ]
Just type this at the start:
[quote.] (leave out the period)
Then wrap it up with this at the end:
[/quote.](no period here either)
Response to the second

Pangloss;23521809 said:Just highlight the specific text you want to reply to and click this last rectangular icon (which you can also find down in the Quick Response section) that says "Wrap
tags around selected text"

Response to the third.

Fine.
[/QUOTE]
Morgan Ramos Morgan Ramos Newcomer
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#137 ·
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

Yeah

and then click that last rectangular icon (you can also find it down in the Quick Response section) that says "Wrap"

Exactly

tags around selected text"

It works this way too

Look, I just got the link to the original text. Let's see how that plays out.

My response. Nobody asked for the username to be included in the first quote. Basically, if you want the link, you have to include the actual text along with the username.
jadetrucker43 jadetrucker43 Active Member
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#138 ·
Look, if you're trying to get that little arrow icon and a direct link back to the original post you're quoting, you've got to copy the whole header—basically this specific chunk right here:
Hodanac;28449224 said:

Now, if you don't care about the link but still want the person's name to show up next to the quote, just put their username after the equals sign, like this:
Hodanac said:

And honestly, if you just want a plain quote without any names or links cluttering things up, a simple
does the trick.

Just remember, all those quotes need to be closed off using the same old method:
.
Jose Johnson79 Jose Johnson79 Member
10 messages
joined Jun 2009
#139 ·
Oh boy, when guys try to explain things... 🤦 😁

Okay, let’s try this. Just forget about all those little buttons, arrows, squares, rectangles, "Progressive Options," "Quick Response," "Wrap Quote," "Multi-quote" ..... Everything. Just wipe it from your brain!
  • There’s actually a thing called BBCode. If you’re feeling curious, feel free to check out some examples at this link to see how to use BBCode.
  • The whole system works by having a start and an end command—basically, every instruction has its own head and its own tail.
  • All commands are written inside square brackets [ ].
  • The only difference between the start and the end of a command is the slash sign / which tells the system the command is closing.


So, generally speaking, here is the absolute basics
  • The command for quoting is QUOTE. So, whenever you want to quote some text, you need to start the quote with
    and then close it with [/QUOTE]
  • Every single quote has to have its own beginning and its own end.
  • Multi-quote is really just listing Quote-based blocks one after another.


Basically...

Code:
First text

Your response

Code:
Second text

Your response

Code:
Third text

Your response

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Types of quotes

A standard quote without mentioning a user or a specific post

Code:

Code:
Text

Result:

Text

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

A quote that references a specific user

Code:

Code:
username said:Text

Result:

username said:Text

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quote referencing user and the post being quoted (asking "how to get the arrow")

Code:

Code:
username;28450911 said:Text

Result:

jadetrucker43 said:Look, if you're trying to get that little arrow icon and a direct link back to the original post you're quoting, you've got to copy the whole header—basically this specific chunk right here: .


How do I find the post number I'm quoting?
If you want a quote that actually links back to the original post—super handy!—just hit that Quote button in the bottom right corner of any post.
  • ;some_number included; --that number right there is the ID for the specific post you're quoting!


Multi-quote one single post from one user
Once you've used the "Quote" button and grabbed that post number, you can split up the text however you like! Just make sure you start the quoted section with

username;post_number said: and wrap it up with
Let's say you want to break up the sentence "She sells sea shells at the sea shore" using a Multi-quote.

Here is how you do it:

Code:
Jose Johnson79;28450911 said:She sells

1, 2, 3

Code:
Jose Johnson79;28450911 said:sea shells

4, 5, 6

Code:
Jose Johnson79;28450911 said:at the sea shore

7, 8, 9

Result:

jadetrucker43 said:Look, if you're trying to get that little arrow icon and a direct link back to the original post you're quoting, you've got to copy the whole header—basically this specific chunk right here: .

1, 2, 3

jadetrucker43 said:Look, if you're trying to get that little arrow icon and a direct link back to the original post you're quoting, you've got to copy the whole header—basically this specific chunk right here: .

4, 5, 6

jadetrucker43 said:Look, if you're trying to get that little arrow icon and a direct link back to the original post you're quoting, you've got to copy the whole header—basically this specific chunk right here: .

7, 8, 9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Once again, check out the FAQ - Quoting and FAQ - Multi-quote.

Just a heads-up: The forum has this "Multi-quote" feature that people talk about constantly, but honestly? That little button just automatically handles the keywords for you. The real kicker is understanding why a quote is formatted the way it is. Just remember: every opening tag needs its matching closing tag.

🙂
Daniel Doyle7 Daniel Doyle7 Newcomer
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joined Aug 2010
#140 ·
Lisa Vaughn2 said:
just testing things out

Just checking to see if this actually works for me... 😉

So basically
Lisa Vaughn2 said:nah, that’s not really what I meant...

Like this
Lisa Vaughn2 said:Here it is, finally! I actually pulled it off 🙏
Man, 👍 is just everything for me

Quoting
Brian Wright56 said:Exactly my point.
So, how does one actually pull that off?

multiple posts at once

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