How to Quote a Post

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How to Quote a Post

Postby KojiroMusashi » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:59 pm

Any help here would be muchly appreciated! I can just copy and paste, then wrap the text in quote tags, but how do I get that neat little



Originally posted by <username here>:


That's what I want to know. Enlighten me, oh knowers of knowledge more than me.


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Postby Da Rabid Duckie » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:35 am

Actually, it's not that hard at all!

Just use the format:

[PHP]
whatevertextyouwanthere wrote:Quote goes here
[/PHP]

So... posting this:

[PHP]
KojiroMusashi wrote:The Duck Rocks!!
[/PHP]
Would produce:

KojiroMusashi wrote:The Duck Rocks!!


And there ya go...
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Postby KojiroMusashi » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:22 am

Da Rabid Duckie wrote:The Duck Rocks!!




Ah, so true. Thx a ton Duck-man!


You :rock: !
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Postby termyt » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:43 am

Just to be thorough, you can also simply hit the reply button under the post you want to quote and the system will do it automatically for you. You can then copy and paste the code where you want it to go.
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