Dear Nessie,Originally posted by nessie2611
I seem to have a problem when I use a quote from another person. Everyone else seems to be able to use a quote that is in BOLD and under lined and also be able to use multiple quotes in the one reply. Am I thick? I don't seem to be able to work out how to do this.
Any advice :sorry
Nessie
I'm pretty sure others have explained this elsewhere (probably better than I'm about to) but I'll have a go anyway:
The secret is in those words in the square brackets (like [this]), which are called tags, which are instructions to the forum software to tell it how to format text, indent it as a quote, change colour, etc.
There are 2 types of tag - one tells the forum where to start the formatting, and another tells it where to end the formatting. The end tags are like the start tag, but have an extra '/'. Every start tag eg. [tag] has to have a corresponding 'partner' end tag eg. [/tag].
If a tag doesn't have a partner, it doesn't do anything, so start tags on their own don't format anything (and just look lost at the top of a message). For example If you accidentally delete the [/B] tags at the end of a quote, it will lose the bold formatting and there will be a spare [B] at the top of the message.
To add a quote, you can use [quote], then put your text in, then use [/quote] to end it.
If you want it to be in bold, use [quote][B] and then end it with [/B][/quote]
Other tags you can use (eg. for italics, change font etc.) are listed on the forum's vb help page here
Personally, if I want to do multiple quotes, I use the Quote button on the post I'm replying to, which puts the whole previous message into a quote. I then add pairs of [quote] and [/quote] tags thoughout the message to split it up, and type my text in between.
If you don't fancy typing all those tags in when writing a post, you can use the various buttons in the vb Code section of the screen (just above the box you type the text into) which can add tags as you go along. However these buttons always add tags to the end of the message, which can be annoying..
Hope this helps a little,
David
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