What's Wrong With [quotes]

[echidna]

i was trying to use quotes here;
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?sho...30&#entry346413
and the bb code doesn't get parsed into html by the board

i have had some weirdnesses using bb code before [mostly with lists]
but i can't figure out what is making these quotes break
is there a definitive document on bb code syntax anywhere?
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act...&CODE=bbcode&s= is helpful, but doesn't cover how to attribute quotes [which i have tyred to copy from what the board produces when you click , which usually works]
thanx in advance for any help e

[lynx]

I think the format is (QUOTE=quoted,2 July 2003 - 03:00) except with square brackets instead of round ones, so I'll try it

Originally posted by echidna@2 July 2003 - 02:41


echidna didn't write this at all

Edit: that's it

[echidna]

that is exactly as i had understood it should work
but if you check the post i linked to it doesn't work

so there is still a god ugly post here

anyone know any good bb code resources

[tite-wad]

Originally posted by echidna@1 July 2003 - 21:49
... so there is still a god ugly post here ...

echidna I'm seeing some extra words in those posts which are probably the case of your trouble:

• [QUOTE=hobbes, Posted on 2 July 2003 - 09:19]

You're adding "Posted on" which shouldn't be there for the code to produce the desired box around the text.

I think it's just easier to use the . Then you're assured the code is correct.

[lynx]

Originally posted by tite-wad@2 July 2003 - 06:33
I think it's just easier to use the . Then you're assured the code is correct.

I think he was trying to quote more than one person, in which you can only use the button for one of them.

Been there, etc...

[[B][O][T]]

Just write Their names and copy the part You want to quote

Example:

Name 1

blah blah

Yes

Name 2

blah blah

Yes

Name 3

blah blah

Yes

BOT

[echidna]

[QUOTE=tite-wad,2 July 2003 - 15:33]

... so there is still a god ugly post here ...

echidna I'm seeing some extra words in those posts which are probably the case of your trouble:

You're adding "Posted on" which shouldn't be there for the code to produce the desired box around the text.

I think it's just easier to use the . Then you're assured the code is correct.

^^^LOOK^^^IT'S^^^DONE^^^IT^^^AGAIN^^^
it just failed in the same way in 'Preview Post', just from hitting the button,
which is what i wanted to say had happened before

Note that there aren't any extra words used here it all came straight from the website after hitting !
visually checking it it seems to hold structural syntax [apart from the list hack which tite wad cleaverly used to expose the bb code]

i've been making http internet objects since 1993, so i'm a n00b here but not everywhere else, so i've already :rtfaq:
thanx for all of the revision from everyone :beerchug: , but i really did try to nut it out every way i knew before starting a new thread
has this ever happened to any other members?
i'm really stumped now that it has recurred, ive previously made much more complicated posts successfully :: is there a bug reporting process for IPB?

[[B][O][T]]

Originally posted by echidna+2 July 2003 - 15:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (echidna &#064; 2 July 2003 - 15:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>[/b]

Originally posted by tite-wad@2 July 2003 - 15:33

Originally posted by echidna@1 July 2003 - 21:49
... so there is still a god ugly post here ...

echidna I&#39;m seeing some extra words in those posts which are probably the case of your trouble:

• <!--QuoteBegin-hobbes

• @ Posted on 2 July 2003 - 09:19
  
  

You&#39;re adding "Posted on" which shouldn&#39;t be there for the code to produce the desired box around the text.

I think it&#39;s just easier to use the . Then you&#39;re assured the code is correct.[/quote]

^^^LOOK^^^IT&#39;S^^^DONE^^^IT^^^AGAIN^^^
it just failed in the same way in &#39;Preview Post&#39;, just from hitting the button,
which is what i wanted to say had happened before

Note that there aren&#39;t any extra words used here it all came straight from the website after hitting &#33;
visually checking it it seems to hold structural syntax [apart from the list hack which tite wad cleaverly used to expose the bb code]

i&#39;ve been making http internet objects since 1993, so i&#39;m a n00b here but not everywhere else, so i&#39;ve already :rtfaq:
thanx for all of the revision from everyone :beerchug: , but i really did try to nut it out every way i knew before starting a new thread :huh:
has this ever happened to any other members?
i&#39;m really stumped now that it has recurred, ive previously made much more complicated posts successfully :: is there a bug reporting process for IPB?

I&#39;ll quote You and see....You can&#39;t have two of the same tags after each other, You need to close the first one first.

The wrong way:

[Quote]blah blah[Quote]blah blah[/Quote]

There was still some open tags in Your post echidna.

BOT

[tite-wad]

Originally posted by echidna+2 July 2003 - 08:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (echidna &#064; 2 July 2003 - 08:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by tite-wad@2 July 2003 - 15:33

Originally posted by echidna@1 July 2003 - 21:49
... so there is still a god ugly post here ...

echidna I&#39;m seeing some extra words in those posts which are probably the case of your trouble:

• <!--QuoteBegin-hobbes

• @ Posted on 2 July 2003 - 09:19
  

You&#39;re adding "Posted on" which shouldn&#39;t be there for the code to produce the desired box around the text.

I think it&#39;s just easier to use the .&nbsp; Then you&#39;re assured the code is correct.

^^^LOOK^^^IT&#39;S^^^DONE^^^IT^^^AGAIN^^^
it just failed in the same way in &#39;Preview Post&#39;, just from hitting the button,
which is what i wanted to say had happened before

Note that there aren&#39;t any extra words used here it all came straight from the website after hitting &#33;
visually checking it it seems to hold structural syntax [apart from the list hack which tite wad cleaverly used to expose the bb code]

i&#39;ve been making http internet objects since 1993, so i&#39;m a n00b here but not everywhere else, so i&#39;ve already :rtfaq:
thanx for all of the revision from everyone :beerchug: , but i really did try to nut it out every way i knew before starting a new thread
has this ever happened to any other members?
i&#39;m really stumped now that it has recurred, ive previously made much more complicated posts successfully :: is there a bug reporting process for IPB?

[/b][/quote]

[b][O][T] was right and wrong...

You can have quotes within a quote, but the problem was that you had left the first quote open.

All I did to get it to work properly was to add a "quote closure" at the end.