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6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:33 am

I have a problem I have not been able figure out. When I answer a comment from another poster I can post it as a "Quote". But I see quotes from others that give credit to the original poster because it says "XXXX Wrote:". I have looked and can not figure out how to do this. Can someome give me push in the right direction.

I kept thinking some one else would ask this so I would not have to look so stupid but to no avail.

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:41 am

You got me, 6PtStar! I just hit the Quote button in the upper right corner of the particular post I am responding to. It works for me. Maybe you just don't live right???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:43 am

6PtStar wrote:I have a problem I have not been able figure out. When I answer a comment from another poster I can post it as a "Quote". But I see quotes from others that give credit to the original poster because it says "XXXX Wrote:". I have looked and can not figure out how to do this. Can someome give me push in the right direction.

I kept thinking some one else would ask this so I would not have to look so stupid but to no avail.

Okay, this is what it looks like when you just hit Quote. I didn't edit anything, and typed below.

Cheers,
B.

___H · Post by **___H** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:43 am

6PtStar wrote:I have a problem I have not been able figure out. When I answer a comment from another poster I can post it as a "Quote". But I see quotes from others that give credit to the original poster because it says "XXXX Wrote:". I have looked and can not figure out how to do this. Can someome give me push in the right direction.

I kept thinking some one else would ask this so I would not have to look so stupid but to no avail.

It is phpBB code that occurs when the "quote" tag is used. You can make this happen by using the QUOTE button in the upper right of the post you'd like to 'quote' in your reply, instead of just using the " POST REPLY" button.

___H · Post by **___H** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:44 am

There's me - always late to the party! lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:46 am

6PtStar wrote:I have a problem I have not been able figure out.

This quote I editted. The "trick" to getting the Quote to name the original poster is to preserve the HTML formatting that includes the original poster's name. In this case, the original formatting reads:

LEFT BRACKET quote="6PtStar" RIGHT BRACKET and then the text of the message.

At the very end of the text, you need to preserve the "close quote" formatting, which reads:

LEFT BRACKET /quote RIGHT BRACKET

I had to right "Left Bracket" and "Right Bracket" or else you'd see the actual finished format, and not the code to create it.

Does that help?

Cheers,
B.

Wulfman... · Post by **Wulfman...** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:52 am

Within the "Post Reply" option (that I'm using as I type this), there's also a "Quote" button. If you take a look at the structure of a quoted post, you'll see that it consists of brackets, = sign, slashes and quote marks. If you copy and paste part of a previous post in this box then highlight it, press the "Quote" button and then you can type in the poster's name.

That guy from Texas wrote:I kept thinking some one else would ask this so I would not have to look so stupid but to no avail.

If you start to do a reply to THIS post using the "Quote" in the upper right-hand corner, you can see the structure.

Hope I didn't confuse you even more.

Den

___H · Post by **___H** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:57 am

Richard Nixon wrote: I AM NOT A CROOK!

Wulfman... · Post by **Wulfman...** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:02 am

G.W.Bush wrote:
___H wrote:
Richard Nixon wrote: I AM NOT A CROOK!
I am NOT an IDIOT! At least I don't THINK I am....

Yup!

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:10 am

___H wrote:
Richard Nixon wrote: I AM NOT A CROOK!

Ah, but you forgot the wagging finger and the floppy jowls. I expected some spittle when he made the remark and gesture too.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:35 am

And their lips moved, meaning they all were lying. Jim,

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:00 pm

6PtStar wrote:I have a problem I have not been able figure out. When I answer a comment from another poster I can post it as a "Quote". But I see quotes from others that give credit to the original poster because it says "XXXX Wrote:". I have looked and can not figure out how to do this. Can someome give me push in the right direction.

I kept thinking some one else would ask this so I would not have to look so stupid but to no avail.

Awww, me to, I am new at this stuff so I am trying what Slinky suggested! Thanks Slink

Vader · Post by **Vader** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:26 pm

In the interest of equal time, I think it goes something like this:

Slick Willie wrote:"I want to say one thing to the American people. I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:41 pm

___H wrote:There's me - always late to the party! lol

Me to! Thanks, I was hitting the wrong Quote button.

Jerry

tuna · Post by **tuna** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:46 pm

Vader wrote:In the interest of equal time, I think it goes something like this:

Slick Willie wrote:"I want to say one thing to the American people. I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

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