Entering a quote in a post.

Please,can someone tell me how to use a "quote" in a post.I tried but was unsuccessful.Or tell me where I can find instructions.

Thanks lots

Marie

Quoting text in replies
There are two ways you can quote text: with a reference or without.
When you utilise the Quote function to reply to a post on the board you should notice that the post text is added to the message window enclosed in a

block. This method allows you to quote with a reference to a person or whatever else you choose to put. For example, to quote a piece of text Mr. Blobby wrote, you would enter:

Mr. Blobby wrote:The text Mr. Blobby wrote would go here

The resulting output will automatically add: Mr. Blobby wrote: before the actual text. Remember that you must include the quotation marks "" around the name you are quoting -- they are not optional.
The second method allows you to blindly quote something. To utilise this enclose the text in

tags. When you view the message it will simply show: Quote: before the text itself.

What you wrote was good, but it got auto turned into tags.

What they were trying to say is use HTML like tags like this:

< q u o t e > Quoted text. < / q u o t e >

(Remove all of the spaces between the brackets.)

Easiest is to just hit the "Quote" button by the post, and then edit out the bits you don't want. Just make sure to leave the QUOTE and /QUOTE tags at the start and end.

Liam, oft quoted, never duplicated.

Thanks,I'll give it a shot.

Marie