I know how to quote from other posts on the forum but how do I include in that quote the name of the member I'm quoting and the date of the quote ? Just clicking the quote button doesn't seem to include the other useful information.
Thanks in anticipation.

gdh82 wrote on Dec 6^th, 2005 at 8:06am:

I know how to quote from other posts on the forum but how do I include in that quote the name of the member I'm quoting and the date of the quote ? Just clicking the quote button doesn't seem to include the other useful information. Thanks in anticipation.

...It works for me...  ::)

Quote:

...It works for me...

but it doesn't for me  :'(  

I've copied and paste from your post into my post, highlighted it and then clicked the quote button - am I doing something wrong?

gdh82 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 8:30am:

Quote: ...It works for me... but it doesn't for me  :'(   I've copied and paste from your post into my post, highlighted it and then clicked the quote button - am I doing something wrong?

You've copied and pasted? You don't need to copy and paste anything. ::)

Just press Quote and it will appear in the Post Reply window. Then add your comments.

Thanks for your help with this Dave but I'm still having problems. :-[

If I highlight the text to quote and then click the quote button, I just get quote/unquote in square brackets but nothing in between! Help!

gdh82 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 8:38am:

If I highlight the text to quote and then click the quote button, I just get quote/unquote in square brackets but nothing in between! Help!

You don't need to highlight any text. Are you clicking the word Quote at the top of the post in question, or something else?

Dave wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 8:42am:

You don't need to highlight any text. Are you clicking the word Quote at the top of the post in question, or something else?

CRACKERJACK!


Thanks Dave ! Got it at last!!!  I was clicking reply button first then highlighting the relevant text and then clicking the quote button within the preview box!!!  

Phew - what a relief!! Thanks again :)

gdh82 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 10:07am:

Dave wrote on Dec 8th, 2005 at 8:42am: You don't need to highlight any text. Are you clicking the word Quote at the top of the post in question, or something else? CRACKERJACK! Thanks Dave ! Got it at last!!!  I was clicking reply button first then highlighting the relevant text and then clicking the quote button within the preview box!!!   Phew - what a relief!! Thanks again :)

I was wondering how to do that as well, thankyou

OH NO !!   :-/

What have you gone and unleashed on the forums !!!

You can't give away knowledge like that to people like Shiggaddi !!  Just think of the consequences now that he knows how to

Quote . . . .

AAAAAGGH !!!


::)

lesson 2

How do you get two quotes into a post, and still have them with ID and timestamp? I suspect that opening a separate window, press quote for the other post, then copy and paste the whole lot with name and time, then edit, might do it, but haven't bothered yet. Maybe it's too complicated to bother ...


Shiggaddi wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 3:48pm:

I was wondering how to do that as well, thankyou

DaveM wrote on Dec 8^th, 2005 at 10:23pm:

AAAAAGGH !!!

ummm, maybe it isn't so difficult to figure out on the spur of the moment

Ok - We'll award you the NVQ2 in Using the Forum software . . . . .             ::)

NVQ2? isnt that a bit high???

was thinking more of a GCSE/O-Level

mc661 wrote on Dec 9^th, 2005 at 10:57pm:

NVQ2? isnt that a bit high??? was thinking more of a GCSE/O-Level

I think I'll award myself a Doctorate at using the forum software instead