How to reply to a post.

[Brendan Burgess]

To reply to a post, you just start typing in box below the post and then press Post Reply.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

But let's say that you want to quote a part of a post.

1 Today is Monday
2 Tomorrow is Tuesday
3. The following day is Wednesday

Highlight the bit you want to quote

And hit Reply and Quote button and you will get what appears in the next post.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

2 Tomorrow is Tuesday

 

[Brendan Burgess]

If you want to refer to a particular post without quoting it, don't say "You said in post number 2 above" but
Right click on the no. 2 as follows:

Then the following menu will show up...

Click on Copy link address
This copies the link to that specific post into your clipboard.

Then paste it into the post

How to reply to a post.

To reply to a post, you just start typing in box below the post and then press Post Reply.

www.askaboutmoney.com

Clicking on this will bring the user to Post no.2 although it does look as if it brings you to the start of the thread.

 

[lff12]

f you want to refer to a particular post without quoting it, don't say "You said in post number 2 above" but
Right click on the no. 2 as follows:

Aha! This worked - is this a new feature coming through the system or did you change the site behaviour? It makes perfect sense now.

 

[ClubMan]

is this a new feature coming through the system or did you change the site behaviour?

You mean linking to a specific post in a thread by copying the URL referenced by the "#<post-number>" link at the top right of posts?
That feature has always been there on the current (XenForo) incarnation of Askaboutmoney.