A Friendly Formatting Reminder

When responding or commenting to a previous poster in the same thread, there is way to do it so that someone reading your post can scroll over the referred to post and actually read what was written in that post, without having to go back into the thread and found "reply 34" or whatever. We seem to have an influx of new DLers (welcome!!) who don't know this very easy function. I'm here to help! Simply write a capital r, then the number of the post. It's important to: 1. Capitalize the R. 2. Leave NO space between the R and the number of the post you want to refer to. 3. Use the correct number of the post, which you can easily see when you read the post initially. Thanks!!

Oldtimer%20DLer
• [quote]1. Capitalize the R. Wrong.

• Not to crap on your advice, OP, but it's not necessary to capitalize the "R" as you have noted in Step 1. If a writer uses a lower case "r," DL will change it to upper case provided your other steps are followed. Again, didn't mean to be a dick, but I've learned this from trial and error.

• r1 is correct as is r2...

• Give OP a break. An upper case R used to be necessary. Good idea for a thread, OP. Perhaps we can use it to discuss other formatting issues.

• WE MUST HAVE ORDER!

• And, yes, I used a lowercase r above.

  r3

• FOLLIES!

• could friendly Oldtimer DLer post a quick lesson on how to quote properly? what typing keys to use, etc.

• and you don't need to type the brackets; they will automatically appear when you type an "r" that is immediately followed by the reply numeral

• I'd like to know how to embed a link.

• R8, use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote. No need to close it, the natural end of the paragraph will do it for you. However, for multiple paragraphs you will have to start each one this way. [quote] could friendly Oldtimer DLer post a quick lesson on how to quote properly? what typing keys to use, etc.

• Look at the top of your thread watcher. Right next to the words "Thread Watcher" there is a link to the help section and it will answer all your questions.

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• r11, thank you so much for the proper use of your commas.

  Warm regards.

• No one authorized you to post this, OP.

  Web-toed%20Master

• [quote]follow it with a space Actually, no space is necessary.

  never used a space

• I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. Hold, please.

  Cheryl

• also when posting as Meryl Streep please note it is just M not M.

  Mamie%20%28I%20got%20here%20on%20my%20own%21%21%21%21%29

• [quote I'd like to know how to embed a link.] I would like to know that, too. All I know how to do is type the URL into the box marked for it.

• Really R15? That must be new relatively new too. I'll try it... [quote]Actually, no space is necessary

• What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose?

• I also STILL can't get a prior post to show up inside the grey box like everyone uses. I just tried it with my prior post. I used the brackets. I typed the word "quote" and then I stuck the post inside the brackets. NO GREY BOX. What did I do wrong? I will try to do what r12 suggests but I DID what the site suggests I do!

• on another subject, I've never understood how to get real diacritical signs.. . . .

• also when posting as Meryl Streep please don't do it because no one finds it funny.

  everyone

• [quote] Look at the top of your thread watcher. Right next to the words "Thread Watcher" there is a link to the help section and it will answer all your questions.

• as a slightly retarded whore, i'd like to learn how you make those big letters. tia

• R21 type: [ quote ] like this, without the spaces, and then follow it with you pasted paragraph.

• r23 the more you discourage us the more we do it!!!! Learn!!!

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• r2, THANK YOU! I did it and that was my post at r24. It worked! I tell you, I have been on DL for years and have NEVER figured that out!!! I know, I know, what a total 'tard!

• R21/24, you're not very bright, are you?

• r25, I love you. As a person who work both in a business technology job and as a website admin , I can assure everyone that "Help" and "FAQ" sections are pointless. No one reads instructions.

• wow.

  http://www.datalounge.com/help.html

• Post Formatting: (Remove the commas and...) [,quote] a paragraph will be quoted up to carriage return (i.e. a paragraph break) [,bold]this text will be bold[,/bold] [,italic]this text will be in italic[,/italic]

• But what I want to know is how to break the bolding when someone forgets the tag!

• Can't we please add, you know, like little colors and trimmy stuff and lil hearts for our posts, you know, like my scrapbooking does?

  Mrs.%20Frauey%20McMentstroo

• r4

• I may be wrong, R3; but I think last part of R32's examples are how you close the tag: the bracket, the slash, the word bold or italic and then the bracket again.

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• [quote]after all these years, this will be my first attempt at a grey box

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• r1, r2, and r3 are correct as well

• ****APPLAUSE***** R37

• Yay, I did it! Moving on up...

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• [quote]use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote. So that's how it's done. I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab.

• [quote] What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose? Just trying out the quote thing.

• [quote] This is an experiment. I've left 10 spaces between my bracketed quote box and each of these two sentences. And this is after a hard return. It's just to test what it would look like when put in the quotation box.

• I left no spaces after my bracketed quote.

  R42

• [quote]I left no spaces after my bracketed quote

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• [quote]3. Use the correct number of the post, which you can easily see when you read the post initially. ^ This. I'm perplexed by how many times I see a reference to a post that doesn't exist. For example, when someone types R76 but there's only been, say, 50 replies so far in the thread. How does one make such a mistake? You'd think it would be the exception, but I see it more often than not.

• [quote]3. Use the correct number of the post, which you can easily see when you read the post initially. ^ This. I'm perplexed by how many times I see a reference to a post that doesn't exist. For example, when someone types [R76] but there's only been, say, 50 replies so far in the thread. How does one make such a mistake? You'd think it would be the exception, but I see it more often than not.

  Sorry%20about%20that

• [Quote]Well what do ya know!?

• [Quote that didn't work]

• R48, it didn't work 'cause you capitalized the Q in quote.

• [quote] Just trying out the quote thing.

• Thanks R50 :)

• [quote]When responding or commenting to a previous poster in the same thread, there is way to do it so that someone reading your post can scroll over the referred to post and actually read what was written in that post, without having to go back into the thread and [b]found[/b] "reply 34" or whatever.[/quote] "Find," OP, not "found"

• Yay!

• [quote]I need a cock!

  Robin

• [bold]Boulder Colorado[/b]

• crap

• 1. Yes, I know I wrote instead of find. Just a typing error. 2. I had NO idea that you could use a lower case r. I have, for years and years, always capitalized the r. Thanks for setting me straight! 3. The only reason I care isn't to be a jerk; it's to help the discussion along. No one wants to go back and find the exact post, especially in long threads, that a poster is referencing. I hope any newbie didn't find this to be a case of pointless bitchery.

  OP

• [/bold] [/bold] [quote]So that's how it's done. I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab. Um.. you didn't look very fucking far, now did you? There's this nice fucking HELP link right at the fucking top of every single page, upper right corner. Clear as fucking day. And you apparently have never fucking clicked it in your life. So don't fucking say you "looked all over". You're a fucking blind moron.

  The "fucking" troll

• Is anybody going to [/bold] unbold this thread?

• [quote]Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab. In Windows 8 you just click on the Charms Bar.

• The Editor has heard about this thread and is NOT happy. I suspect Redtag "special ed student" will be forthcoming to all posters in this thread. Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving.

  Cheryl

• Can we still do [small] small? [/small] ♥

• Apparently not, R63.

• [quote]I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab. Because an instruction isn't a "setting", R41. That's why there's a "Help" section, to put instructions in.

• This thread is useless without glyphs.

• Maybe OP should start the thread over. This time it should provide the correct information without needed corrections.

• The post not found thingie is for people who post inadvertently on multiple threads. It happens when someone writes a comment on one thread but does not post it, second thoughts, and then posts on another thread and, through the magic of internet programing, the other post shows up. [quote]Hilartiy ensues!

• W&W for r37 whose learning experience provided some (unintended?) delightful double entendre to my morning.

• off[/bold]

• Really people? Try reading a thread before asking questions. This thread should have ended at r32.

• [quote]I'd like to know how to embed a link. I don't think there's a way to do that in the current version of DL. (If memory serves, you could do it pre-Ajax.)

• Can someone tell me how to scroll down? How do you scroll down???

  Lanie in Accounting

• [quote] Um.. you didn't look very fucking far, now did you? There's this nice fucking HELP link right at the fucking top of every single page, upper right corner. Clear as fucking day. And you apparently have never fucking clicked it in your life. So don't fucking say you "looked all over". You're a fucking blind moron. I wish you were fucking dead.

  Just trying out the quote box again

• [bullshit] This text will be bullshit [/bullshit]

  Freeper

• While we're on the topic... you can only post one link in a post... and the full URL has to go in the "URL:" box below the message. If you put the URL to a page, then the link will take you to that page. If you put the link to a YouTube Video, then for anyone who has the "Show YouTube Inline" setting checked, they'll see the video and be able to play it without leaving the thread or opening a new browser tab or window. If you put a DIRECT link to an image, then for anyone who has "Show images inline" setting checked, they'll see the picture right here in the thread without ever having to click the link (unless they want to see the picture bigger, in its original size). Note that not all pictures will show up inline in the thread... only standard jpg and gif files. Animated GIFs, and PNG format images won't show up... you'll still have to click the link to see them. If you're not browsing at work, you should click the "Settings" link in the left side-bar towards the top of the page, and check both "Inline" check-boxes. Then close the settings box (there is no "save"... it takes effect immediately). See how you like it.

• R77 thankyou

• [quote] Just testing the quote box thing - sorry. [/quote]

• [/quote] is not needed

• The "quote" tag works differently than the "italic" and "bold" tags. The "quote" tag is used at the start of a paragraph. You "close" it just by pressing enter twice (there needs to be a blank line). It always assumes that the quote is the entire paragraphy. And only one paragraph. The "italic" and "bold" tags require closing tags to tell them when to stop... "/italic" and "/bold". Tags are enclosed in square brackets, without the quotes, and with no spaces.

• R9

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• [quote]I also STILL can't get a prior post to show up inside the grey box like everyone uses.

• [quote]What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose?

• I'm thankful for this thread. Perhaps we'll have smoother threads going forward.

• [italic]I like to italian italics[/italic]

• [quote] yay I did it!

• [bold]bold[/bold]

• [bold]sassy[/bold]

• lol

• Diacritical marks and other special characters have to be formatted in HTML, so bookmark this page:

  http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/spchar.html

• r47 I know that issues - The issue is you. You're just not seeing all replies. You need to reload datalounge, then they usually show up. Used to drive me crazy for a while.

• WW for r75 . This will be my formatting for trolling and irony from this point forward.

• ¢

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• OMG it WORKED!!

• ‽ Can it interrobang?

• YOWZA!!!

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• ♂♂

• [quote]Hisssssssssss!

  The Hissing Eldergay (THE)

• R91 does not understand the issue. When someone references a post that comes after them, the problem is the with the poster not the reader. I am number 100 in this thread. If I reference R189 that is MY mistake not the reader who did not reload!

• R101, you're R101, not R100. And sometimes if you haven't refreshed in a while, the numbers will appear "off" to you. You can see a message as R40 and refer to it as such, but it might really be R60... which you'd see if you refreshed.

• Sometimes the numbering issue becomes enough of a problem that refreshing doesn't help. When that happens you have to get out of DL and then reload. It's the only way to make the numbering work. When you do that, you lose your scrolled threads if you haven't starred them.

• I am sorry that I did not forsee that another person would be posting as I was writing. I think DL refreshes when you click on a thread, does it not? So when I click on a thread and find a post refer to another post that does not exist yet, (or did not exist when they wrote their post), how would refreshing again help. What you are saying is that I when I click on a thread and find the latest post refers to not yet extant post, I need to leave the new post that I just called up and go back to the threadlist to refresh and then return? I usually only visit DL for about 2 minutes at a time. To have to refresh multiple times in that short visit seems like a quirk of the web circa 1997.

  R101

• [quote]I think DL refreshes when you click on a thread, does it not? That's not what we're talking about. What we're talking about is the fact that the auto-refreshing sometimes goes awry, and the longer you say on the page, the more likely it is to stutter or stop or miss messages. We're talking about hitting the refresh button on the browser (or closing the window entirely and coming back in). Yes, you lose your progress in the thread watcher... but that's the price you pay. As an example, I left the browser open all day. When I came back to it, it said there were 15 replies in a thread. So I replied. But nothing updated at all, it was like the place was dead. When I refreshed the page, that thread actually had 60 replies in it, and the auto-updating resumed.

• It's not in the official guidelines, but if you're the first to respond to a thread, format accordingly: [cunt]place remark here[/cunt]

• The post numbering problem seems to be more of an issue in fast-moving threads. At least, that's been my experience.

• I think it's funny when someone puts at, say, response r108 a comment that r109 is an idiot so that when r109 is reached, no matter who is r109 will be referenced. Hilarity ensues!

• r108, you are an ass.

• I usually do not stay on thread pages more than a minute or two and still frequently encounter the wrong page ref phenomena. R105 seems to think that the issue is about the number of replies listed. Looking back as some examples I remembered the refs were still wrong--even refreshed. So I still think this is entry error.

• Oh, some of it is human error. But the technical glitches in numbering are not about staying on "thread pages", but about staying on the site in the same window/tab for a long time.

• [quote Hilarity ensues!]

  test

• [quote] Hilarity ensues!

  sigh%20

• [quote][quote]Hilarity ensues!

• bump for a better DL

• [italic] I hate when people forget to use the close brackets Seriously

• link?

  http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html%23page:listThreads%2Call%2CbyLastPostDate%2C1

• [quote UN55EH6000FXZA] test

  Anonymous

• [quote, UN55EH6000FXZA test

• [quote]bump for a better DL

  Anonymous

• [quote]But the technical glitches in numbering are not about staying on "thread pages", but about staying on the site in the same window/tab

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• [/italic] You're welcome

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• [quote] this is a test

• [quote]When does the formatting stop? I wonder.