Slight Change in Posting Replies to Threads

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Slight Change in Posting Replies to Threads - admin - 05-11-2012

If you are looking for the "quote" button to reply to someone...you won't find it in this Phorum. It was removed in May 2012 as the "quote" feature was being abused/over-used. It shall not return.

This affects the quotes you often see in posts. You know, the ones like:

somebody Wrote:bla blaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa

When it is necessary and relevant to the discussion, I don't mind it. But repeated quotations make what could be a short reply into an unnecessarily long one, like this:

Elmer Wrote:
Bugs Wrote:Duck season!

Daffy Wrote:Wabbit season!

Bugs Wrote:Duck season!

Daffy Wrote:Wabbit season!
Enough! Enough!

So how am I supposed to reply to a thread?

Simple - just look at the graphic below.

Either click the "Reply" button at the end of a thread, click the "New Reply" button near the end of a thread, or enter your reply in the "Quick Reply" box at the end of a thread. (See the thread "How to Post to the Phorum" in the "Phorum 101" section of the Phorum for details.)
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=4562

If you want to quote someone in a reply:

Use the "quote" code as follows:

Code:
[quote]This person said this before me.[/quote]

Code:
[quote="username"]This is what he said.[/quote]

Notice how you place the word quote inside brackets to make a quotation. To end it, you type /quote (a forward slash, then the word quote); again, inside brackets.

An easier way (H/T to Terry AKA Radioroslyn) - just preface what you want to quote with an arrow character (>).

Example:

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> This is a great radio.

I agree.

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Please use quotes sparingly, to make posts easier to read.

Thank you.

RE: Slight Change in Posting Replies to Threads - Arran - 05-11-2012

Bugs Wrote:
"Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home?"
Daffy Wrote:
"Shoot him now, shoot him now"
Bugs Wrote:
Would you like to shoot him now or wait till you you get home"
Dafffy Wrote:
"Shoot Me now, shoot me now"
BLAM
Daffy Wrote:
"Let's try that again."
Good cartoon classics from Warner Brothers
Regards
Arran