How To Multiquote

[Lord Snot]

This forum software isn't set up for multi-quoting. Apparently the developers feel that it makes forums look messy and cluttered and they aren't very interested in introducing it. However double/triple/etc posting also looks messy and cluttered, and many of us prefer multi-quoting when we want to address more than one person at a time.

So there is a way to do it, like so:

Step 1

I want to multi-quote posts #2 and #4 of this thread. The first thing I do is click Reply next to post #2.

The page will scroll down automatically to the reply box. Scroll back up, and hit reply for post #4.

Step 2

The two posts are now both in your reply box. You can type your responses and Post Reply.

However, if there are posts you want to quote on another page, you can carry on with the rest of the steps.

 

[Lord Snot]

Step 3

Highlight the text in your reply box and copy it.

Step 4

Go to the next page with replies you want to quote. Hit Reply for those posts as well. They will appear in your reply box again.

 

[Lord Snot]

Step 5

Paste your copied text into the reply box too.

Step 6

You can repeat steps 3-5 again if there are more pages. When you've finished collecting all the posts together, enter your replies and press Post Reply.

 

[Lord Snot]

I hope that all made sense.

 

[Rosie1]

It all makes sense!
But I'm going to shake a fist at the developers, anyway. 'Cause they have made it a pain in the butt.

 

[Envy]

I never used multiquote at VB anyway.

 

[Lord Snot]

It all makes sense!
But I'm going to shake a fist at the developers, anyway. 'Cause they have made it a pain in the butt.

Yes. I don't understand their reasoning, I much prefer multi-quotes to four posts in a row from the same person.

 

[SummerRain]

^ Yeah completely, also if I multi-quote I usually pick out the bits I refer to neaten it up anyway.

 

[mlp]

I never used multiquote at VB anyway.

Ah - I gather you were either HJ or CG, or perhaps both.

 

[Amy SF]

Thanks for this! I always preferred to multiquote instead of constantly having to open a new reply box for each quote.

The first 2 steps look simple. After that, forget it. Too much work.

 

[Second Summer]

Thanks for this, Lord Snot. If you use Tapatalk (latest version) on a smartphone, there is a multi-quote feature there that can be used as well.

 

[Envy]

Ah - I gather you were either HJ or CG, or perhaps both.

Well, that doesn't mean that I didn't have it all in the same post though.