Post by WC on Nov 30, 2013 20:25:29 GMT -5
I've noticed some have gotten a bit confused on how to post a reply. It's probably because there are several ways.
1) If you do not want to "quote" anything from someone else's post, you can:
2) If you DO want to include the text of a previous post, go to that post and press the "Quote" button within that specific post. It will put the entire post into a quoted section, and you'll be ready to enter your response to it.
NOTE: I often go into the quoted text and remove parts of it that are not relevant, so only the part I'm addressing shows up in my response. When you get more experienced, you can actually hop in and out of the quoted context and the reply context by putting 'quote' and 'end quote' tags (using the square brackets, the / key, etc.) in the appropriate places.
You can always preview your post before you post it, then do more editing, by clicking on the "Preview" tab at the bottom of the Rich Text composition window. Or you can go to the other tab to play with tags.
Note the nice selection of formatting buttons at the top of the composition window. You can even put in hyperlinks, links to video pages, etc. It's pretty powerful. Plus you have font colors and sizes, justification, emoticons... you name it.
Finally, you can go back and edit or delete your post for up to 30 minutes after posting. After that, those controls will turn into pumpkins (to prevent "revision of history").
1) If you do not want to "quote" anything from someone else's post, you can:
- Press the "Reply" link at the top-right of the posts area, which brings up the Rich Text post editor;
- Enter your reply in the "Quick Reply" box at the bottom of the page, then press the "Post Quick Reply" button at the bottom of that box, which will instantly post the reply; or
- Enter your reply in the "Quick Reply" box and then press the "Reply" button at the right of that box, which will take what you've already typed and let you do Rich Text editing on it.
2) If you DO want to include the text of a previous post, go to that post and press the "Quote" button within that specific post. It will put the entire post into a quoted section, and you'll be ready to enter your response to it.
NOTE: I often go into the quoted text and remove parts of it that are not relevant, so only the part I'm addressing shows up in my response. When you get more experienced, you can actually hop in and out of the quoted context and the reply context by putting 'quote' and 'end quote' tags (using the square brackets, the / key, etc.) in the appropriate places.
You can always preview your post before you post it, then do more editing, by clicking on the "Preview" tab at the bottom of the Rich Text composition window. Or you can go to the other tab to play with tags.
Note the nice selection of formatting buttons at the top of the composition window. You can even put in hyperlinks, links to video pages, etc. It's pretty powerful. Plus you have font colors and sizes, justification, emoticons... you name it.
Finally, you can go back and edit or delete your post for up to 30 minutes after posting. After that, those controls will turn into pumpkins (to prevent "revision of history").