09/06/2021, 7:35 pm
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Underneath each message is a "Quote" button. Click on that to select the message for quoting. You can choose more than one message.
Then, in the quick editor at the bottom of the page, it will say at the bottom of the editor panel "You have selected one or more posts to quote. Quote these posts now or deselect them."
Click on "Quote these posts now" and the editor will show something like the following:
Edit the text to select the relevant part (it's better than quoting everything), and write your reply underneath it.
If you wish to do in-line quoting, it's a little more complicted, you should delete up until the first part of what you want to quote. Go to the end of the part you want to quote and press Enter a few times to push it down. Then write /quote in square brackets, followed by whatever you want to say.
For the next bit of quote, simply begin with quote in square brackets, put what you want to quote, end with /quote in square brackets, and again follow with whatever you want to say.
Repeat as necessary.
Feel free to experiment in The Playpen, and don't forget that you can preview what you've written before posting it, in order to check that it looks as you expected it to.
Underneath each message is a "Quote" button. Click on that to select the message for quoting. You can choose more than one message.
Then, in the quick editor at the bottom of the page, it will say at the bottom of the editor panel "You have selected one or more posts to quote. Quote these posts now or deselect them."
Click on "Quote these posts now" and the editor will show something like the following:
Code:
[quote="heyrick" pid='12' dateline='1234567890']
The text of the original message appears here.[/quote]Edit the text to select the relevant part (it's better than quoting everything), and write your reply underneath it.
If you wish to do in-line quoting, it's a little more complicted, you should delete up until the first part of what you want to quote. Go to the end of the part you want to quote and press Enter a few times to push it down. Then write /quote in square brackets, followed by whatever you want to say.
For the next bit of quote, simply begin with quote in square brackets, put what you want to quote, end with /quote in square brackets, and again follow with whatever you want to say.
Repeat as necessary.
Feel free to experiment in The Playpen, and don't forget that you can preview what you've written before posting it, in order to check that it looks as you expected it to.