quoting from a post
 

sorry to be such a nugget but how the hell do you reply on here with a quote from the post you are replying too ,ive read thro the FAQS but am stil none the wiser, thanks

Select the quote button,

http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...itor/quote.gif

cut and paste what you want quoted in the space between the

[QUOTE.] and the [/QUOTE.]

. added to keep it from actually quoting.

Well, that is easier. :O

Thanks chaps

There is a special 'trick' to quoting though..especially on Jet Blast!
 

^ You simply type whatever you like within the "quoted" -omitting words to mangle it powerfully and um..."quote them out of context" (Always useful for the debates, especially when you dont have a ready 'straw man'...just make one! :D )

you can build it manually too, by typing [quote="anybody"]
and then ending with [/quote ]

... but you might get duffed up for doing so :)

I just put colour tags around a couple of characters of a tag to stop it working. It then looks correct.

E.g.
To get:

[quote]

Put in:

[qu00000]o[/color]te]



or

[qublack]o[/color]te]



Obviously you select a colour that matches the text you are entering, so the change is invisible.

It sometimes helps if you choose to use the standard editor in your profile options, because the WYSIWYG editor hides most tags.


This works on pretty much any forum you come across that vB codes. This forum includes the [noparse] tag which stops all tags being interpreted:

E.g.

[noparse][img]http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif[/img][/noparse]

Results in:
[img]http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Rather than:
http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif

You have WAY too much time on your hands.

Gezundheit.

Luckily (or unluckily, depending on your point of view), delving into things like this is part of my job!