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Offline Robittybob1

How to stop quotes disappearing.
« on: August 15, 2018, 10:35:31 PM »
There are many ways of presenting quotes.  Let's see if the best method can be determined.
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Re: How to stop quotes disappearing.
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2018, 10:38:10 PM »
Quote from: Robittybob1 on August 15, 2018, 10:35:31 PM
There are many ways of presenting quotes.  Let's see if the best method can be determined.

This quote was generated by hitting the quote button near the top of the post being quoted.

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Offline Robittybob1

Re: How to stop quotes disappearing.
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2018, 10:41:24 PM »
Quote from: Robittybob1 on August 15, 2018, 10:35:31 PM
There are many ways of presenting quotes.  Let's see if the best method can be determined.

if I write "[ quote] ......[ /quote]" without the extra space inside the brackets the row of dots will be quoted

"
Quote
......
"
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Offline Robittybob1

Re: How to stop quotes disappearing.
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2018, 10:44:17 PM »
Quote from: Robittybob1 on August 15, 2018, 10:41:24 PM
if I write "[ quote] ......[ /quote]" without the extra space inside the brackets the row of dots will be quoted

""
And when I quote that the bit on the quote box will disappear. as seen here  (it was originally between the quotation marks).
To stop that happening stop using meta-tags [] and [/] for quotes just type "Quote" if you have to define the bit you are quoting.
« Last Edit: August 15, 2018, 10:53:23 PM by Robittybob1 »
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