A friend was having problems using quotes on here so I wrote something out for them. They suggested I post it on here too.
There is one wee problem with me writing it in here though - it will put bits of what I say into quotes! So I am having to change the brackets. If you are reading this / using it later, change all the curly brackets { } into square brackets .
The software on here recognises what to put in a quote box by two simple statements:
{quote=username} means “put the following words by username into a quote box on the forum”
{/quote} means “this is the end of the quote”
When you press the quote button on a post, the software copies it into the comments box where you type your reply, but adds {quote=username} to the beginning and {/quote} to the end. For some reason, the {/quote} bit is several lines below the end of the text so is easy to miss.
If you type before that {/quote}, whatever you write will be put into the quote box. So, you need to make sure you type AFTER the {/quote} bit.
To only quote bits of someone’s post rather than the whole thing, you just edit the text between the {quote=username} and {/quote}. The software will put whatever’s left into the quote box. Make sure you don’t delete either the {quote=username} or {/quote} bits though otherwise the quote box won’t appear at all.
You can also just copy and paste whatever you want into the comments box yourself, then type in the {quote=username} and {/quote} bits manually. It’s often faster!
Remember to use square brackets though!
A couple of examples (me typing in the code myself):
[quote=“rizzo”]
This is me typing in the {quote} codes myself
but then forgetting to type the {/quote} bit
and then typing after the {/quote} bit so it works properly
No idea if this will make sense when the quote boxes are actually there! Hope so!
Karen x
