first of all, I understand, you’re not to blame for the perilous state of this forum’s software. You’re just here to plug the holes left by freelancers, third party code, internal sabotage, netrunners and so on. You’re just the guys and girls on the frontline, trying your best to put out a fire that is reaching to the heavens, and all you have is a rusty bucket of water.
I can completely understand, that you’re just as exhausted and frustrated with the state of your software, as I am.
I just have… one question.
Why
is it, that when I write a forum post, that whenever I include someone’s quote in a reply, that my post gets completely mucked up? Allow me to describe it in detail:
I see a post and I press “Reply”.
I hit the speech-bubble thing to include their quote in my reply.
I write my extremely, mind-numbingly funny and witty one-liner.
I finish my post by sending my regards.
I press “Reply”, and send the post.
What happens next?
Instantly, the quote gets completely erased.
My post gets marked with one edit symbol, despite no editing ever having taken place.
Upon attempting to repair the damage by reinserting the quote again, the quote then is posted correctly, but the post receives an additional edit mark, further ruining its perfect delivery.
This makes for a horrible soapboxing experience in the forums. I am suffering as we speak! Something HAS to be done about this, and I urge you to fully cooperate with me to gather all the managers we can to solve this specific problem that is not just affecting me, but everyone!!
Can’t say I’ve ever used that. What I did to quote you was to just highlight the text I wanted to quote and then hit ‘Reply’. It automatically quotes the highlighted text. If I want to reference a second quote I just highlight a new bit of text and hit reply again…
It happens if you quote the entire post in its full. If you change at least one character (add or remove one) then it works. I guess the designers consider it pointless to exact quote an entire post in your reply.
The Reply button is used if you don’t want/need to quote the post. It’s supposed to add the avatar you reply to on top of your reply but it seldom does it for me. That’s one of the reasons I ‘@’ or quote.
If you want to quote a post, highlight and press ‘Quote’ only. Do not use ‘Reply’.
I’m not going to get my knickers in a bun for so little. Lots of websites have issues. Especially “.gov” sites in my country.
As long as the programs for nuclear plants and electrical grids work, I’m not sweating the rest.
I’m not going to get my knickers in a bun for so little. Lots of websites have issues. Especially “.gov” sites in my country.