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I guess I just take this stuff for granted because I've been using forums for over 20 years (and because I know how they work behind the scenes), but this is how I'd describe them, in increasing order of complexity:
* "Quick Reply" is the simplest - type in some text and your message gets added to the thread
* If you want more bells and whistles (text formatting, images, emojis, etc), click "New Reply" at the bottom of the thread to get the full editing interface
* If you want to quote one post, click on the "Reply" button below that post, which will give you the full editing interface and paste said quote into your post
* If you want to quote multiple posts, click on the "Quote" button beneath each one, then on "New Reply", and all the quoted posts will be pasted into the interface
The "Quote" button is normally labelled "Multi-Quote" in other forum software, which is less confusing IMHO.
* "Quick Reply" is the simplest - type in some text and your message gets added to the thread
* If you want more bells and whistles (text formatting, images, emojis, etc), click "New Reply" at the bottom of the thread to get the full editing interface
* If you want to quote one post, click on the "Reply" button below that post, which will give you the full editing interface and paste said quote into your post
* If you want to quote multiple posts, click on the "Quote" button beneath each one, then on "New Reply", and all the quoted posts will be pasted into the interface
The "Quote" button is normally labelled "Multi-Quote" in other forum software, which is less confusing IMHO.
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