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gaspode · Moderator

Well Tricia

You've opened a whole new can of worms here Surprised

Either I'm the one who's waiting for the men in white coats or there's something strange going on. Rolling Eyes

The mods do see a slightly different interface to members, necessary to implement the mod functions, but after staring at the screen for ten minutes - and doing the unthinkable - trying it on IE instead of Mozilla (considered a major sin here) I definitely don't have a "quick reply" function on the topics pages. The boss has also tried it on her login - and it doesn't work for her either, and judging by Robs reply he also doesn't have the function. Crying or Very sad

So the jury is out for now, perhaps Nuke will have the answer to this one up his sleeve somewhere, otherwise I'll just wait for the yellow van to collect me in the morning. Perhaps I'm overworking..................?

Meantime can I suggest that if you want to include a link in your post you don't use the "quick reply" button (or is this all just a dream)?

Motorhomersimpson · Moderator

Ok, I know what Tricia is on about, in your profile section there is a (Show Quick Reply Form) which can be checked, this enables members to have a “quick reply” that appears at the end of all last posts, Mike and Ken try it and see.

Go to your profile, scroll down to the (Show Quick Reply Form) and check the box and then save, you will see it when you look at a last post.

Not something I would use as you do not get all the facilities available.

Tricia, if you want to post a reply in what I would term the normal fashion simply go to your profile, scroll down until you see (Show Quick Reply Form) and uncheck the box, make sure you scroll down further and click save. You should have just “post reply” at the bottom of threads and then the normal reply box.

MHS…Rob Very Happy

spykal · Moderator

Hi Rob

OIC.....we live and learn...something new every day Rolling Eyes

How embarassing is that... a Moderator who does not know the site inside out....I shall go somewhere dark & quiet and commit virtual Hari-Kari with a blunt keyboard Laughing

Mike

P.S. you have 3 guesses on how I sent this post Laughing

nukeadmin · Site Admin

have you turned the option on for quick reply in your profile Wink

Edit:whoops should have read the whole thread Wink

kands · Account Deactivated

Hi Nuke
I do that too Laughing

It is because there is a "post reply" button at the bottom of each page, and if you haven't noticed that there are more pages and just hit the button this is what happens Embarassed

. Well it happens to me anyway Laughing

Keith

tokkalosh

So I don't need to be at this 'funny farm' then Laughing

Glad we have got that sorted, I did feel a bit embarrassed contradicting a Moderator but knew my glasses weren't that bad Wink

I like the Quick Reply box because when I forget what I am replying to I can scroll back up the page to see what I am supposed to be talking about Embarassed

OK, back to the funny farm Laughing

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Motorhomersimpson · Moderator

Hi Mike,

I was ready to join you and Ken last night and be carried away by the men in white overalls Laughing

however, I remembered reading a long time ago about this and peejays thread prompted me to dig deeper.

Tricia, pleased we could confirm your not insane, well at least on this occasion anyway Laughing

I can understand why you use the reply that way but you are missing a lot of extra facilities the site has to offer.

MHS…Rob Very Happy

gaspode · Moderator

Hi everyone

They let me out of the funny farm at last so back here to get another shot of insanity along with the rest of you. Laughing

Pleased that it's sorted at last, Tricia, Mike and myself can all take the strait jackets off again. There had to be an obvious answer didn't there?

I'm now left wondering why anyone uses the quick reply feature, I can understand Tricias point about seeing the rest of the thread, but you can still see it in the scrollable window under the reply panel when using the "post reply" function anyway - and without having to move through seperate pages. Don't really see why it's any quicker - and as Rob says, you loose so much functionality.

Anyway, we mods should be ashamed of ourselves for letting this thread drift so far off topic - slapped hands all round. Rolling Eyes

Let's get back to the original subject - inserting long URLs in posts. Cool