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How do I do the "quote" thing when posting responses?

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rock_jock

New member
Like the title says, I usually just cut and past. But a lot of folks have a quote in either regular type or bold bracketed by horizontal bars.

Also, how do I change my font to bold or italics?
 
Other boards I frequent that use Ultimate BBS software have the "Reply With Quote" feature turned on. Is there some reason why TFL chooses not to use this?

Also, I find the "Preview Message" button to be more of a nuisance than anything. I'd rather just have the "Submit".

My two cents.
 
From TheBluesMan:

The problem with that "red arrow button" was that some used it to quote, in its entirety, the post immediately previous to theirs. This was nothing more than a waste of thread space and bandwidth.
Click to expand...

And it isn't necessary to use the Preview button, just use the Submit one and it will post without previewing.
 
David, the Reply with Quote is worth exactly what you just paid for it, perhaps a little less. We have had several discussions on the worthlessness of it. That feechur is, as you said, a UBB feechur. This board doesn't use UBB, it uses vB.

I tend to agree with you about the Preview Message button, so I simply don't use it. You could try the same tack, then it will no longer be a nuisance, just a non-functional button sitting on your screen.
 
On the other hand...

I really appreciate the preview... it tends to solve some one-finger typing problems. BUT what I really appreciate is that quick edit capability that doesn't leave tracks. That - I really like.

There I did it again - see what I mean?

-Andy
 
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