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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 06:53

I cannot figure out how do you guys post multiple quotes when posting your reply. I use the the cut and paste but that doesn't capture the "boxed' quote look like it does when you are using one quote. I have been wanting to ask that for ages now.

Thanks Guys

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Rioko Bamaisin

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07-17-2009 06:56

You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...

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Pserendipity Daniels

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07-17-2009 07:00

From: Rioko Bamaisin

You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...

From: Pep

Or you could make them up

By using ]quote=whoever[whatever you want to say]/quote[ except with the brackets reversed.

Or to get a quote within a quote:

]quote=George Washington[I could never tell a lie]quote=Jimmy Carter[Me neither]/quote[]/quote[

would give you

From: George Washington

I could never tell a lie

From: Jimmy Carter

Me neither

Pep (Unless you could get away with it.)

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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 07:26

From: Pserendipity Daniels

By using ]quote=whoever[whatever you want to say]/quote[ except with the brackets reversed.

Or to get a quote within a quote:

]quote=George Washington[I could never tell a lie]quote=Jimmy Carter[Me neither]/quote[]/quote[

would give you

Pep (Unless you could get away with it.)

]/quote=Rioko Bamaisin[
]You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...[/quote

Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes...

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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 07:28

From: sable Valentine

Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes...

Obviously, it didn't.

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Deira Llanfair

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07-17-2009 07:29

From: sable Valentine

]/quote=Rioko Bamaisin[
]You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...[/quote

Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes...

Ah, the perils of the cut and paste!

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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 07:33

From: Deira Llanfair

Ah, the perils of the cut and paste!

Yes and your warm, input was refreshing. No wonder folks clamor here to ask for help.

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Deira Llanfair

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07-17-2009 07:39

From: sable Valentine

Yes and your warm, input was refreshing. No wonder folks clamor here to ask for help.

I'm always getting the quotes wrong - I just don't try complicated keyboard things if I can help it. (Unless it's our Yamaha one.)

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LittleMe Jewell

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07-17-2009 07:49

1) I right click the Quote box and say "open in a new tab".

2) I then edit out of the quoted stuff whatever I want to drop and then outside of the '[/QUOTE]' I say want I want.

3) Now, before submitting the post, I go back to the original tab and right click on the next thing I want to quote and say "open in a new tab". In that tab, I cut/copy all the quote, change to the tab that has my first reply and paste the additional quote. Then I then repeat #2 and #3 for as many quotes as I want.

Practice that a bit before trying to embed a quote within a quote.

If you do not have multiple tabs to work with, you can do all of the quoting and pasting in a Notepad window and then when it is how you want, copy it all into a Reply box.

Basically, every time you have a pair of "[ QUOTE ]" and "[/QUOTE]" tags (no spaces though around the word QUOTE), the stuff between will be quoted. And the opening tag of "

From: someone

" can be like "

From: any-name

and their name shows -- note that the ending tag does not change regardless of whether the opening one has a name or not.

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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 08:04

Thank you so much LittleMe.

I am going to practice your suggestion. Although the notepad suggestion by far seems to be the simpliest.

Deira, I don't care much for complicated keyboard things either.

/me heads to the printer to pick up my print out of this information.

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Lindal Kidd

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07-17-2009 08:28

sable, your test would have worked...you forgot to reverse the brackets.

The original example had the brackets backwards to keep it from "going live". So don't say ]qu0te[

say [qu0te]

(I changed the "o" in quote to a zero for the same reason.)

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Lindal Kidd

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07-17-2009 09:19

I use a variation of LittleMe's technique... because I have two of my extra mouse buttons slaved to alt+tab, and alt+f4.... (and the mouse wheel slaved to shft, and the browser opens in a new window)

shft+left click the first post's reply button I want to respond to (opens in new window)
alt+tab back to the first one
continue reading, find another, open it the same way
shft+drag to hilight, right click, select cut
alt+f4 to close it
alt+tab to change to the open reply
right click, select past
alt+tab back to my reading

... and so on it goes, without ever touching the keyboard =)

can you tell I do WAY too much web browsing?

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sable Valentine

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07-17-2009 10:02

From: Lindal Kidd

sable, your test would have worked...you forgot to reverse the brackets.

The original example had the brackets backwards to keep it from "going live". So don't say ]qu0te[

say [qu0te]

(I changed the "o" in quote to a zero for the same reason.)

Lindal, I thought I was using the example Pep gave. Now this is becoming confusing and no doubt will be daunting.

/me chants "notepad" " notepad" "notepad"

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07-17-2009 10:34

Notepad is better, in case I accidentally close the wrong tab in my browser and lose the whole thing.

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Argent Stonecutter

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07-17-2009 10:50

When you quote someone, you see that their text ends in [/quote] (the end-quote string) and starts with

From: Their Name

, right?

Just copy the text, and start a new quote block, so you get

From: Their Name

From: Another Name

and paste the copied text here, and then add the end-quote string.

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Phoenixa Sol

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07-17-2009 13:11

From: sable Valentine

I cannot figure out how do you guys post multiple quotes when posting your reply. I use the the cut and paste but that doesn't capture the "boxed' quote look like it does when you are using one quote. I have been wanting to ask that for ages now.

Thanks Guys

I just cheat, click on the first post quote button I want to quote, copy the text and tags, paste it at the bottom of the reply box for reference, do another paste at the top under the original formatted quote, then edit and change all the info to what I want in the one I pasted. Lather rinse repeat for each reply I want to quote.

For example if I was going to quote several replies (or pieces of them) from this thread as I was making the post, I'd scroll down, grab the line/s, paste them in the appropriate spot in the post I'm making, then copy and paste the poster's name in the appropriate spot in the quote tag itself. For each reply I would want to quote, I'd just copy from my reference paste at the bottom of my reply box. Once I'm finished pasting in all the quotes and poster's names, I highlight and delete the reference at the bottom of the reply box and submit it.

Probably not the most efficient method, but it works for me

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Pserendipity Daniels

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07-18-2009 02:32

From: sable Valentine

Lindal, I thought I was using the example Pep gave.

I think you missed this bit of my post:

From: Pep

except with the brackets reversed.

Pep (thinks people here are as bad at reading as they are at writing, but it is usually hidden.)

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Jig Chippewa

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07-18-2009 03:16

My Gull needs feeding.

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Deira Llanfair

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07-18-2009 03:34

From: Jig Chippewa

My Gull needs feeding.

Open a tin of sardines?

They prefer the plain ones in oil - but they will eat the ones in tomato sauce.

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How do you post multiple quotes when replying?
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 06:53 I cannot figure out how do you guys post multiple quotes when posting your reply. I use the the cut and paste but that doesn't capture the "boxed' quote look like it does when you are using one quote. I have been wanting to ask that for ages now. Thanks Guys _____________________
Rioko Bamaisin Unstable Princess Join date: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,668	07-17-2009 06:56 You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade... _____________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rioko1/
Pserendipity Daniels Assume sarcasm as default Join date: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 8,839	07-17-2009 07:00 From: Rioko Bamaisin You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade... From: Pep Or you could make them up By using ]quote=whoever[whatever you want to say]/quote[ except with the brackets reversed. Or to get a quote within a quote: ]quote=George Washington[I could never tell a lie]quote=Jimmy Carter[Me neither]/quote[]/quote[ would give you From: George Washington I could never tell a lie From: Jimmy Carter Me neither Pep (Unless you could get away with it.) _____________________ Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 07:26 From: Pserendipity Daniels By using ]quote=whoever[whatever you want to say]/quote[ except with the brackets reversed. Or to get a quote within a quote: ]quote=George Washington[I could never tell a lie]quote=Jimmy Carter[Me neither]/quote[]/quote[ would give you Pep (Unless you could get away with it.) ]/quote=Rioko Bamaisin[ ]You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...[/quote Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes... _____________________
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 07:28 From: sable Valentine Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes... Obviously, it didn't. _____________________
Deira Llanfair Deira to rhyme with Myra Join date: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,315	07-17-2009 07:29 From: sable Valentine ]/quote=Rioko Bamaisin[ ]You just copy and paste and use the quote tags around each message you want to reply to. In the newer versions of VB there is a multiquote button that does it automatically for you. But god forbid if we get a forum upgrade...[/quote Just a test and from looking at the preview post I don't think its going to come out right. But here goes... Ah, the perils of the cut and paste! _____________________ Deira Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 07:33 From: Deira Llanfair Ah, the perils of the cut and paste! Yes and your warm, input was refreshing. No wonder folks clamor here to ask for help. _____________________
Deira Llanfair Deira to rhyme with Myra Join date: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,315	07-17-2009 07:39 From: sable Valentine Yes and your warm, input was refreshing. No wonder folks clamor here to ask for help. I'm always getting the quotes wrong - I just don't try complicated keyboard things if I can help it. (Unless it's our Yamaha one.) _____________________ Deira Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.
LittleMe Jewell ........... Join date: 8 Oct 2007 Posts: 11,319	07-17-2009 07:49 1) I right click the Quote box and say "open in a new tab". 2) I then edit out of the quoted stuff whatever I want to drop and then outside of the '[/QUOTE]' I say want I want. 3) Now, before submitting the post, I go back to the original tab and right click on the next thing I want to quote and say "open in a new tab". In that tab, I cut/copy all the quote, change to the tab that has my first reply and paste the additional quote. Then I then repeat #2 and #3 for as many quotes as I want. Practice that a bit before trying to embed a quote within a quote. If you do not have multiple tabs to work with, you can do all of the quoting and pasting in a Notepad window and then when it is how you want, copy it all into a Reply box. Basically, every time you have a pair of "[ QUOTE ]" and "[/QUOTE]" tags (no spaces though around the word QUOTE), the stuff between will be quoted. And the opening tag of " From: someone " can be like " From: any-name and their name shows -- note that the ending tag does not change regardless of whether the opening one has a name or not. _____________________ ♥♥♥ -Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 08:04 Thank you so much LittleMe. I am going to practice your suggestion. Although the notepad suggestion by far seems to be the simpliest. Deira, I don't care much for complicated keyboard things either. /me heads to the printer to pick up my print out of this information. _____________________
Lindal Kidd Dances With Noobs Join date: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 8,371	07-17-2009 08:28 sable, your test would have worked...you forgot to reverse the brackets. The original example had the brackets backwards to keep it from "going live". So don't say ]qu0te[ say [qu0te] (I changed the "o" in quote to a zero for the same reason.) _____________________ It's still My World and My Imagination! So there. Lindal Kidd
Void Singer Int vSelf = Sing(void); Join date: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 6,973	07-17-2009 09:19 I use a variation of LittleMe's technique... because I have two of my extra mouse buttons slaved to alt+tab, and alt+f4.... (and the mouse wheel slaved to shft, and the browser opens in a new window) shft+left click the first post's reply button I want to respond to (opens in new window) alt+tab back to the first one continue reading, find another, open it the same way shft+drag to hilight, right click, select cut alt+f4 to close it alt+tab to change to the open reply right click, select past alt+tab back to my reading ... and so on it goes, without ever touching the keyboard =) can you tell I do WAY too much web browsing? _____________________ \| \| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected" \| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and \| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion \| \| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks. \| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link... \| -
sable Valentine AU United Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275	07-17-2009 10:02 From: Lindal Kidd sable, your test would have worked...you forgot to reverse the brackets. The original example had the brackets backwards to keep it from "going live". So don't say ]qu0te[ say [qu0te] (I changed the "o" in quote to a zero for the same reason.) Lindal, I thought I was using the example Pep gave. Now this is becoming confusing and no doubt will be daunting. /me chants "notepad" " notepad" "notepad" _____________________
Malia Writer Unemployed in paradise Join date: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,026	07-17-2009 10:34 Notepad is better, in case I accidentally close the wrong tab in my browser and lose the whole thing. _____________________
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	07-17-2009 10:50 When you quote someone, you see that their text ends in [/quote] (the end-quote string) and starts with From: Their Name , right? Just copy the text, and start a new quote block, so you get From: Their Name From: Another Name and paste the copied text here, and then add the end-quote string. _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore
Phoenixa Sol Dance Addict Join date: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 315	07-17-2009 13:11 From: sable Valentine I cannot figure out how do you guys post multiple quotes when posting your reply. I use the the cut and paste but that doesn't capture the "boxed' quote look like it does when you are using one quote. I have been wanting to ask that for ages now. Thanks Guys I just cheat, click on the first post quote button I want to quote, copy the text and tags, paste it at the bottom of the reply box for reference, do another paste at the top under the original formatted quote, then edit and change all the info to what I want in the one I pasted. Lather rinse repeat for each reply I want to quote. For example if I was going to quote several replies (or pieces of them) from this thread as I was making the post, I'd scroll down, grab the line/s, paste them in the appropriate spot in the post I'm making, then copy and paste the poster's name in the appropriate spot in the quote tag itself. For each reply I would want to quote, I'd just copy from my reference paste at the bottom of my reply box. Once I'm finished pasting in all the quotes and poster's names, I highlight and delete the reference at the bottom of the reply box and submit it. Probably not the most efficient method, but it works for me _____________________ Dance, dance, dance, dance and film it! "How I dance in secondlife" dance tutorial video, SLurls, handy links and text explanations: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Phoenixa_Sol Take your dance to new heights! Free FlyDance animation just for stopping by. Buy from box vendor for $0L! http://tinyurl.com/5paevr
Pserendipity Daniels Assume sarcasm as default Join date: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 8,839	07-18-2009 02:32 From: sable Valentine Lindal, I thought I was using the example Pep gave. I think you missed this bit of my post: From: Pep except with the brackets reversed. Pep (thinks people here are as bad at reading as they are at writing, but it is usually hidden.) _____________________ Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
Jig Chippewa Fine Young Cannibal Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 5,150	07-18-2009 03:16 My Gull needs feeding. _____________________ Fine Young Cannibal
Deira Llanfair Deira to rhyme with Myra Join date: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,315	07-18-2009 03:34 From: Jig Chippewa My Gull needs feeding. Open a tin of sardines? They prefer the plain ones in oil - but they will eat the ones in tomato sauce. _____________________ Deira Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.

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