Quick questions about posting

Mirage

Hello everybody!
I am new in the forums and I would like to make my forum posts have more style -like the ones I see actually- and be easier to read. I think and hope that this is the right category for this post .
As a result I have a couple of questions:

-How can I insert a member's name in my post? (for example like @Mirage ?) ups...I just learned that!!

-How can I insert whole or part of another member's comment in my post? This is indeed very useful for quick reference.

-How can I insert a "spoiler warning" section in my post?

I would like to start posting my no-reload runs, hence the questions!

ps. Ups, I have a last one for the experieced ones: How do you guys make these long [no-reload]-runs posts? Do you create a draft and make additions while you play the game?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Dee

For quoting another member's post, or part of a post, you can do one of two things:

1) blockquotes for generic "this is a quote".

[blockquote]This with angle brackets instead of square brackets.[/blockquote]
becomes

This with angle brackets instead of square brackets.

2) blockquotes with some fancy pants shenanigans to specify whom you're quoting.

[blockquote class="Quote" rel="username"]This with angle brackets instead of square brackets.[/blockquote]
becomes

username said:

This with angle brackets instead of square brackets.

For spoiler buttons, type "spoiler" inside of square brackets at the beginning of the section you want to hide, and then again with "/spoiler" at the end of that section.

Like so.

SethDavis

if you don't wanna remember all that nonsense with the quoting, you can just click the quote button under the desired post and delete the parts that you don't want. just make sure not to kill anything in brackets.

JuliusBorisov

@Mirage , you can get a lot of useful information here: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/161/how-to-format-your-posts#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/34077/how-to-post-files-images-step-by-step-guide#latest

Anyway, all threads about posting on these boards are covered by
https://forums.beamdog.com/categories/community-support

The thread about posting files can be especially useful if you're going to report your no-reload attempts. Just have a look at existing threads (for example, https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/40393/maybe-this-time-no-reload-thread-featuring-in-a-tents-ice-temple-err-a-death-rabbit#latest or any of Blackraven's or @Elrandir's no-reload journals) to get an understanding of how it should look like.

Text
spoiler command (to cover any image into a spoiler)
screenshot(s)
Text

and so on.

We usually play and only then make a report. It takes time and it's not a fast process, really.

@Blackraven , @Gotural and many others had an unfortunate experience of losing anything they've written due to a wide variety of reasons, so I always advice to write any post about a no-reload report in Word or a program like that, and only then paste it into a post. This way you won't lose the wall of text if something happens. Also, use the Save Draft button.

Mirage

Great replies in such a short time! Thanks a lot!

I certainly have some reading to do today

Dragonspear

And most importantly, Hi and welcome to the law, order and occasionally chaos of our forum

CaloNord

And if anyone mentions an Egg war, you're on my side. Welcome to the forums!

Nimran

Hello, have a nice, shiny to commemorate your joining the forum!