how does one create a "blocked white" quote box in forum posts?

[PosRole]

On the forums I've noticed replies with white boxed quotes from prior posts... I'd like to learn how to do that too... who can tell me how or where to find the instructions?

[Number Six]

Just click on the "quote" button on the far right corner of the post that you want to quote.

[Noahtuck]

On the forums I've noticed replies with white boxed quotes from prior posts... I'd like to learn how to do that too... who can tell me how or where to find the instructions?

See those funny little buttons at the top of your post & every post....

See the one that say's "quote" ??

If it was a rattle snake... you'd be dead

8)

[PosRole]

I already tried that in a reply and it just put a "quote notation" not a white box that distinguished my reply from the quoted text.

[PosRole]

On the forums I've noticed replies with white boxed quotes from prior posts... I'd like to learn how to do that too... who can tell me how or where to find the instructions?

See those funny little buttons at the top of your post & every post....

See the one that say's "quote" ??

If it was a rattle snake... you'd be dead

8)

I just did it again as a test...
1. I clicked quote and this box showed up... and here is my reply. This time it worked differently than when I tried it in Editing Forum. hmmmm... curious

[Number Six]

When you click on the quote button, you have to recite this chant quickly:

owa tagoo siam

[M Bruner]

When you click on the "Quote" box, you will get a dialoguse box as you already know. The text between the quotation marks will appear in your post.

[DarrellS]

If you don't want to highlite the whole quote, you can hit the reply button, copy the text that you want to highlite and click the Quote button...

owa tagoo siam

and hit the preview button to put the text in quotes then hit reply.

[AlanHK]

If you don't want to highlite the whole quote, you can hit the reply button, copy the text that you want to highlite.

Easier to just do a "quote reply" then delete the parts you don't want to reference, as above.

And note that inside the quote tag is the name of the person you're quoting. You can edit that if you want to cite someone else:

I did not have sexual relations with that woman

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again

These are examples of BBCode, a variation of HTML.
Click on the red "BBCode" word in the "Options" to the left of the text entry area for a comprehensive explanation.

[lordsmurf]

I am we Todd did.

[PosRole]

Easier to just do a "quote reply" then delete the parts you don't want to reference, as above.

And note that inside the quote tag is the name of the person you're quoting. You can edit that if you want to cite someone else:

I did not have sexual relations with that woman

These are examples of BBCode, a variation of HTML.
Click on the red "BBCode" word in the "Options" to the left of the text entry area for a comprehensive explanation.

Thanks Alan (and everyone) this is exactly the tutoring I requested. If there are any other navigational or neat aspects you like to share - please do... I'm really intrigued by this forum and how the technology works so elegantly.

Is this proprietary tech developed by this webhost or is it a software package anyone can purchase and use?

[redwudz]

The forum is presently running on phpBB2 ( http://www.phpbb.com/ ) software with extensive modifications by Baldrick. If you look at: http://www.videohelp.com/about you will see a bit more about the setup. The same link is to the left edge of this page, along with other info.