FAQ and Tutorial - Quoting and Multi-Quoting

Quoting and Multi-Quoting – FAQ
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Q- What is quoting, and why should I use it?

A- Quoting, on a forum, is used to reference what another poster has said in your reply, so that people know exactly which post you are replying to. It can also be used to highlight something specific you wish to say, or t quote the work of someone else.This can be useful when you wish to respond to one specific post in a thread, or when you want to quote SOME but not all of the users posting to the thread. It is not required to do this, but it does often help the conversation to stay on track, and also means that others do not have to go back and reread the previous posts. “Quoting” is when you quote ONE post, Multi-Quote is when you are replying to more than one poster and need to have multiple quoted posts.

Q- How do I quote from the reply textbox manually?

A- Here is an overview with pictures on how to quote manually, from the text reply box.
First, we need to start to respond to a thread. On the forums, choose which thread you want to reply to. Scroll to the very bottom of the page, and click the “add reply” button:



Once you click that, you will see the reply text box. If you are starting a new thread, go to the forum of your choice and click the "New Thread" button. You will see the same text box come up.

Now that you have your text box up, look for the "quote" button:



click the quote button. You should see the following in your text box:



If you look closely, you will see that it is actually TWO "quote words, rather than one long word. What you need to do is put the text you want to quote BETWEEN those two words. Click your mouse directly AFTER [*QUOTE], and directly BEFORE the next bracket and word, [*/QUOTE]. Note that the red star is NOT normally part of what you type. Because the forum automatically formats the text when you type the code, this is added in so you can actually see the tags without it formatting.

Next, simply type in what you wish to have quoted. Alternatively, if you know how, you can go to the words you wish to have quoted on another webpage,site,or file, and copy it. Then return to the textbox and click inbetween the tags so your cursor is between them, right click, and choose paste.

So, if you did it correctly, you should see something like the following in your textbox:



If you have anything else you wish to add to the post, skip a line or two and add it in. The space helps to break up the post so its easy to read.

Finally, scroll down below the text box, and hit either "preview post" if you wish to ensure you did it right first, or "submit thread" if you are confidant and ready to post it now.

And thats it for quoting manually from the text box! In the next post, I will cover how to quote directly from the thread you are in.