Originally Posted by the OP
This was posed by the OP (original Poster)
The tags necessary are in bold. Bold is not required. Lowercase is not required. The = the OP isn't required either.
You can use "Go advanced" and preview your post.
"reply with quote" quotes the entire post. You just have to add the tags sporatically throughout the reply and check with Preview before posting.
You can also just use the "multi-quote this message" option (the speech bubble with quotation marks inside and a '+' sign next to it) at the bottom of each post. You click the one corresponding to each post you want to quote, then hit "reply with quote." It automatically quotes all of the posts on which you clicked "Multi-Quote this message."
Der Strom
The noparse tags allows one to demonstrate the use of tags. So, I can write:
[plain][b]this[/b][/plain] and say it renders as
"this" and not "this"
I tend to use "the OP" because sometimes I think it's clearer than using the username. You can omit the ='s too with no loss of clarity. There are many times I would like to have two levels of copy and paste. e.g. Copy the username and the post or copy an email address and something else or website address and something. Not just here, but in general.
One thing I find annoying about VB is that you cannot expand links, so printing them is useless.
You can also just use the "multi-quote this message" option (the speech bubble with quotation marks inside and a '+' sign next to it) at the bottom of each post. You click the one corresponding to each post you want to quote, then hit "reply with quote." It automatically quotes all of the posts on which you clicked "Multi-Quote this message."
Der Strom
I see the reply with quote buttons and like the feature as seen in other peoples posts, but I don't know how to use it. Rather than make a bunch of multiple posts I thought it might be better to ask how to use them.[/QUOTE
See if this loses my bubble? Had a look in 'edit' and it looks ok, thanks KISS. (That's not how I usually sign off, it's an abbreviation of your name, in case anyone didn't realise.)