Can you help please:
What is the correct procedure for posting a reply with quote?
The one I just tried didn't come out the way I expected, i.e. like all the others! It must be me... finger trouble probably
Thanks
Posting a reply with quote
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Re: Posting a reply with quote
It's fairly straightforward (once you know how ):Al Donald wrote:Can you help please:
What is the correct procedure for posting a reply with quote?
The one I just tried didn't come out the way I expected, i.e. like all the others! It must be me... finger trouble probably
Thanks
Primarily, it's done by clicking on the "quote" button of the post you wanted to reply to/quote. You'll find more details here: http://www.bristolnomads.org.uk/phpBB/f ... e=bbcode#4
This is part of the description of BBCode - a means of applying html-like tags to BB posts to facilitate a certain degree of formatting of posts. For a full description of BBCode tags, click the "BBCode" link in the "Options" cell - just below your text window when creating a new post.
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Re: Posting a reply with quote
[quote="MartinF"]It's fairly straightforward (once you know how ):
I tried that last time, but here goes again...
I tried that last time, but here goes again...
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Re: Posting a reply with quote
Hi Al it looks like you are deleting too much when you cut down the quote. You need to leave the final [/quote] text at the end of the quote and have theAl Donald wrote:MartinF wrote:It's fairly straightforward (once you know how ):
I tried that last time, but here goes again...
MartinF wrote: text at the start.
Clear as mud . Have another go
Viv
Re: Posting a reply with quote
text at the end of the quote and have theViv Powell wrote: Hi Al it looks like you are deleting too much when you cut down the quote. You need to leave the final
Ahh right, thanks Viv!MartinF wrote: text at the start.
Clear as mud . Have another go
sense of bonding
I give up too!!!!
feel a great bond with Al
cos i can not get anything at all to work
After saying this must admit I have not really tried very hard
While I am on line thought I should add that I agree with Graham
I also am too lazy to type Graham Utteridge so DRO will have to suffice
Thinking about it I am also too lazy to type Albert Bottomface ,Caradog ap Caswallon Fawr and Cedric Bumfluff.
BUT did not realise it until I read Grahams entry.
Amazing eh!!
As to the type of member allowed on the forum
Too late to close the stable door I am already there !!
By the way there seem to be a lot of accidents on the bikes these days
You must all be cycling too slowly!!
If I do not see you in Barry this weekend (unlikely looking at weather report)
A very merry Xmas to you all and an extremely happy New Year
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda
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South Wales
U.K
Europe
World
Milky way
Etc Etc
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feel a great bond with Al
cos i can not get anything at all to work
After saying this must admit I have not really tried very hard
While I am on line thought I should add that I agree with Graham
I also am too lazy to type Graham Utteridge so DRO will have to suffice
Thinking about it I am also too lazy to type Albert Bottomface ,Caradog ap Caswallon Fawr and Cedric Bumfluff.
BUT did not realise it until I read Grahams entry.
Amazing eh!!
As to the type of member allowed on the forum
Too late to close the stable door I am already there !!
By the way there seem to be a lot of accidents on the bikes these days
You must all be cycling too slowly!!
If I do not see you in Barry this weekend (unlikely looking at weather report)
A very merry Xmas to you all and an extremely happy New Year
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda
Huw Gruffudd Owen
Somewhere between Broadhaven and Barry
South Wales
U.K
Europe
World
Milky way
Etc Etc
Blue eyes,no hair,beard,pink lips,blue jumper,blue shirt ,grey trousers,no socks,brown shoes and a rather non descript greyish pair of underpants (originally bright orange to go with the Techno)
What do you mean not ENOUGH wind ?