Nested Quotes

The current forum software for GameDev.net doesn't support nested quotes, but they are relatively simple to use in your posts with a very limited knowledge of HTML. You could find out how to use them by looking at the HTML source code for any thread, but I'll save you the hassle by telling you how right here.

All you have to do is replace [quote] tags with <blockquote>quote:<hr height="1" noshade> and [/quote] with <hr height="1" noshade></blockquote> for all inner quotes. It is important that you only do this for inner quotes because, when [quote][/quote] tags are converted into HTML by the forum software, the quote is enclosed in <span CLASS=smallfont></span> tags, which are what makes the quoted text small.

I have seen people use the aforementioned <span CLASS=smallfont></span> tags for their inner quotes, but this really isn't necessary as long as you use [quote][/quote] tags for your outer quotes.

The following shows an example nested quote as you would type it into your message box when making a post:

[quote][i]Original post by Someone[/i]
<blockquote>quote:<hr height="1" noshade>[i]Original post by Person[/i]
Person's text.<hr height="1" noshade></blockquote>Someone's reply.[/quote]Your reply.

This would be displayed thusly:

quote:
Original post by Someone

quote:
Original post by Person
Person's text.
Someone's reply.

Your reply.

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