This is one that I see a lot, and it really takes very little to fix: quoting someone else's post inside your own, and not getting the proper dialogue/quotation box. Actually, the cause of this is a goofy glitch in the forum's software, but there's an easy way around it. I've been meaning to pass this along for a while, and I see our very own "Xetal" has been insightful enough to add this to the "Forum How-to" section already. I'm hoping it'll get a bit more notice here, especially since you guys have the busiest section on here.
OK, the problem lies in the first bracketed info that comes up when you've chosen to quote another poster in your post. It will look like this in your response box:
Most of you guys have seen this, huh? What you have to do is remove this part: ="TsNStangs" (or whoever it is you're quoting - their name will be there instead), leaving just [ quote ] at the beginning, with nothing else. The [ /quote ] at the end stays exactly as is. It should then look like this:TsNStangs wrote: This ain't gonna work.
[ quote ] This'll get 'er done. [ /quote ]
Which will end up looking like this in your response:
Ta-daaaa! Much cooler, eh? Now you'll be da man (or, uh, woman, if you are one)! Women/men will adore you! Kids will worship you! Your car will be faster and shinier! You'll grow a thicker head of hair!This'll get 'er done.
OK...probably not, but you will be lookin' professional and computer-savvy!
