Posting on the forum - New Topics, Replies etc.

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Posting on the forum - New Topics, Replies etc.

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Staring a New Topic.

If you wish to start a new topic (for instance) about pets, enter that section and just click on the New Topic button
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A posting box with formatting tools will appear for you to start your topic - please remember to give your topic a title, and if you preview your post please make sure you click on the Submit button below the posting area, otherwise your topic will disappear into the ether never to be seen again.
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To reply to an existing topic you simply click on the reply button that you will find at the top and bottom of the topic/thread, which will take to to a box to post in.
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You will find text and post formatting buttons at the top B=Bold type I=Italics U=underline etc.
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REview previous posts and quoting posts

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Once you are in the posting area, you can review the previous posts on the thread by scrolling down to the Topic Preview, which is beneath the attachment tab.
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As you can see by the snippet above you can scroll down through the previous posts and if you click on the quotation marks at the top right hand corner of the post you wish to quote - the quote will automatically appear in your post - when replying to a quote make sure your cursor is outside of the quote code.

You can quote multiple posts by simply clicking on the quotation marks on each post you wish to quote - this may be useful if you wish to thank a lot of members for responding to you, as it saves making several new posts one after another.

If you only want to quote one member's post there is no need to click on the reply button. Simply click on the quotation marks above the post that you wish to quote and the quote will appear in a text editor for you to add your remarks - again make sure your reply is made after the coding on the page, otherwise what ever you type will be included within the quote.
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#4 Post by Char »

I hope the above makes sense - I seem to have made it sound more complicated than it is. :roll:

If something doesn't make sense, just let me know and I'll try to explain more clearly. :D

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#5 Post by Blaze »

Oooh, thanks Char. I didn't know about the Topic Review thingy and the ability to do multiple quotes :D
Nice clear explanation 👍

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↑ Neither did I - thanks Char.
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#7 Post by MAD87 »

I knew about multiple quotes but not Review. How is it though that everyone except me can address folk in Red? (@Folk)

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MAD87 wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:30 pm I knew about multiple quotes but not Review. How is it though that everyone except me can address folk in Red? (@Folk)

If you type the @ then the first letter of the name immediately next to the without a gap @m a drop down list of names should appear - you then click on the name that you want and it should automatically appear correctly once you've submitted your post.

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#9 Post by Char »

I've also just enabled the quick reply - but I'm not sure what the benefit of it is so will probably disable it - otherwise people are going to start asking where their smilies and formatting buttons have gone.

In the meantime if you want to format your posts click on the Full Editor & Preview button below the Quick Reply box.

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