astronaut77 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Hi all, i've pressed the quote button when replying to threads, but it doesn't put it in the nice gray box like i've seen on some posts. Mine just has the words around it and just looks like normal text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Hi all, i've pressed the quote button when replying to threads, but it doesn't put it in the nice gray box like i've seen on some posts. Mine just has the words around it and just looks like normal text. If you are deleting anything within the quote, only do the text, dont delete the begining and end brackets. I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoop Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 You have to make sure you dont interfere with the quote brackets, just write before or after the quote brackets. What I'd like to know is how do you quote more than one user in one reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astronaut77 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 You have to make sure you dont interfere with the quote brackets, just write before or after the quote brackets. What I'd like to know is how do you quote more than one user in one reply? just testing to see if this works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astronaut77 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 just testing to see if this works ooh it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astronaut77 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 ooh it worked! ok will stop quoting now - thanks for the help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shells2909 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 So how do u get the original poster's name on?? sorry im easily confused!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoni_mouse Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 So how do u get the original poster's name on?? sorry im easily confused!! If you use the quote button at the bottom of the page, it should come up automatically. Otherwise, next to , if you type an equals sign plus the user name, it should show eg appears as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzmobile Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I wanted to know that too. I always have to type mine in Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHoosier Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 So how do u get the original poster's name on?? sorry im easily confused!! Hit the gray "Quote" box on the poster's message. A reply box -- with the quoted material/original poster's name-- pops up automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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