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Old 10-17-2005, 05:08 PM   #1
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noob with a question.

I can't seem to get the "quote" feature to work properly. could anyone show me the proper syntax to use without useing the little quote button.
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Old 10-17-2005, 05:48 PM   #2
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[quote*=Person you're quoting]blah blah blah[/quote]

Take out the asterix I put in there, and it will look like this.

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blah blah blah
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Old 10-17-2005, 06:00 PM   #3
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Take out the asterix I put in there,
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and it will look like this.
got it thanks.
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