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Serack:
I've answered similar questions about forum coding a few times now, and I think I'll post one of those here and use it as a reference in the future rather than generating the advice anew each time.
Edit: I'm adding non coding questions and questions answered by the mods on multiple occasions on these forums.
Questions covered so far in this topic:
Code Advice
* How can I make someone's name in my post a link to their profile?
* How can I multiquote?
* How do I break up someone's quote so that I can reply to each thought seperately?
* How do I add an external link to a quote header?
Other Advice
* Can we treat the DFRPG as WoJ?
* On the bars that appear above a posters avatar, what exactly is the significance of the #/color?
* Is there a list of Mods and other Persons of Knowledge running about??
* How is it that I see so many personalized avatars, but I can't seem to personalize my own?
* How do I make a nifty personalized avatar?
Other FAQ
What's going on with the next Dresden Files Novel?
Serack:
--- Quote from: new forum member ---How can I multiquote?
--- End quote ---
If you wish to quote individual quotes, the easiest way is if the quotes are recent replies to the topic you are replying in.
If you look below the text box you are typing your reply in, you will see the most recent replies with links on the left to "Insert Quote" which will automatically generate the quote script at your cursor in the text box.
Another, less powerful technique is to highlight what you are quoting and hit the quote button to the left of the spoiler symbol (which looks like a radiation sign). This is great for book quotes and such. You can even edit the code to put a header that says who you are quoting. (My example will use {} for []
{quote=who you are quoting here}text to quote here{/quote} Gives you
--- Quote from: who you are quoting here ---text to quote here
--- End quote ---
[side note] this technique also works for spoilers
(click to show/hide)this is just a demo
[/side note]
Finally, I frequently make quotes that cross topics. To generate the header with a link from a quote in another topic I open a quote for the reply I want to quote in a new tab, copy that, then paste it in a reply to the topic I want to post in.
Unfortunately this technique does not work for topics that are locked. It is technically possible to generate a quote header that links to a locked topic, but it involves extracting code from the address bar, and interpolating the exact time (in seconds) that elapsed between some arbitrary zero point in the 1970s or something... and when the post was made. Hardly worth the trouble. (Kudo's to AA for showing me how to do that).
Edit: Since writing the above, I have been granted some moderator privileges. One allows me to pull quote code from locked topics. If you truly want your spiffy new topic/reply with quotes from locked topics to have the forum generated quote code with embedded link and such, just drop my name in your topic, and voice the request and I will edit it into your post. -Serack
Edit2: Since writing the above, I learned how to embead any link into a quote header, and I generated a post explaining how here
Serack:
--- Quote from: new forum member ---How do I break up someone's quote so that I can reply to each thought seperately
--- End quote ---
You have probably seen other forum members respond to a long post by breaking up a quote into smaller bite sized pieces and replying to each piece.
This is how you break up the quote. (coding []'s will be replaced with {} in examples)
At the place you want to break up the quote insert the following stuff shown in red
{quote fancyboardgeneratedquotecode}
first part of what you are quoting{/quote}
stuff you want to say
{quote}the rest of what you were quoting{/quote}
which gives you: (horizontal lines added to seperate example from guide)
--- Quote from: Serack on February 22, 2012, 03:41:48 PM ---first part of what you are quoting
--- End quote ---
stuff you want to say
--- Quote ---the rest of what you were quoting
--- End quote ---
If you want to get fancy, you can copy the {quote fancyboardgeneratedquotecode} and use it instead of {quote} to head the cleaved section of quoted text with the orginal fancy header with the embeaded link to the quoted post.
This gives you: (horizontal lines added to seperate example from guide)
--- Quote from: Serack on February 22, 2012, 03:41:48 PM ---first part of what you are quoting
--- End quote ---
stuff you want to say
--- Quote from: Serack on February 22, 2012, 03:41:48 PM ---the rest of what you were quoting
--- End quote ---
To be explicit, the fancyboardgeneratedquotecode for this particular post is... "author=Serack link=topic=31158.msg1325430#msg1325430 date=1329925308" so you know what I mean
Just Al:
Is there a guide somewhere to what all of the different icons indicate? Some are labeled, some aren't.
Serack:
--- Quote from: Just Al on February 28, 2012, 04:58:55 PM ---Is there a guide somewhere to what all of the different icons indicate? Some are labeled, some aren't.
--- End quote ---
Hmmm looks like hovering over each code button above the reply field gives a label for that icon... maybe I don't understand what you mean by icon, or you need further explanation?
Or do you mean the message icon?
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