<p>I’ve always wanted to know how to quote others too but the explanation was Greek to me :(</p>
<p>Oh goody! What a nice Christmas present:</p>
<p>:)
:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Or maybe not. When I preview post there are no smileys…hmmmm</p>
<p>Oh they are there when I post…hooray!</p>
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<p>I guess I got it??</p>
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; hope this works.</p>
<p>I wonder if kids on CC are laughing at us.</p>
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<p>Wouldn’t be the 1st or last time. We probably deserve it! 
It’s OK–amusing when they start deciding that we have some functioning brain cells after all sometime when they are older and/or start raising their own kids. ;)</p>
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I am going to try it too.[\quote]</p>
<p>What am I doing wrong???</p>
<p>Your slash is the wrong way - it should be a forward one, like this:
[/quote]
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<p>Trying again.</p>
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<p>HURRAY!!!</p>
<p>I was beginning to feel like I had some sort of processing disorder!</p>
<p>I am very happy now…this made my day. Thank you! :)</p>
<p>One more time now, just for fun:</p>
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<p>Congratulations! </p>
<p>Now for the advanced lesson:</p>
<p>If you want to put something in italics, put [i ] [ /i] around the word (without the spaces).
For bold, use [b ] and [ /b].
And for a hyperlink, [url ] <a href=“although%20here%20on%20CC%20that%20seems%20to%20be%20done%20automatically%20for%20you%20when%20you%20copy%20and%20paste%20a%20link%20into%20a%20post”> /url</a>.</p>
<p>When I enter
, it says my post is not long enough.</p>
<p>I’ve tried this so many times, it just does not work.</p>
<p>OMG! It worked!</p>
<p>[noparse]
[QUOTE=name]
[/noparse] gives you the “Originally Posted by” line as shown below:</p>
<p>**[noparse]
[QUOTE=SingersMom07]
[/noparse]**
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<p>And I think this one is pretty cool. [noparse]
[QUOTE=name;post#]
[/noparse] gives you “Originally Posted” and an automatic link to the post number you specified within the thread (click the little blue arrow and you’ll see).</p>
<p>**[noparse]
[quote=“SingersMom07, post:5, topic:10”]
[/noparse]**
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<p>Nice when you want to respond to a small snippet of a long post, don’t want to waste space by duplicating the whole thing, but want the full context to be available. Especially if the thread is 20 pages’ worth of posts. :)</p>
<p>Edit: That (post link) usually works, but this particular example is giving trouble at the moment… I think it’s database-related and temporary, rather than a limitation imposed by CC admins.</p>
<p>@heyalb: Your message must include at least 10 characters of text that isn’t a quote. That’s why it worked for you the last time you tried it – you included some commentary about your attempts at quoting.</p>
<p>^^ Lesson learned: always consult the geek. ^^</p>
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<p>Even easier that that, just highlight the text you want in italics and type CTRL-I (for bold, type CTRL-B). The brackets are automatically inserted for you.</p>
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<p>Wow! That is so cool! Thanks, patsmom and geek_mom :)</p>