How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections.

[Mike Phillips]

How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections

This is for anyone that's not sure how to use the Editor Mode in vBulletin to tweak their code or to break a large section of quoted material into smaller bites-size sections.





It also shows you how to use the up and down arrows to shrink or increase the length of your message box for easier typing.

[Mike Phillips]

Done correctly it will look like the below...

How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections.

This is for anyone that's not sure how to use the Editor Mode in vBulletin to tweak their code or to break a large section of quoted material into smaller bites-size sections.

It also shows you how to use the up and down arrows to shrink or increase the length of your message box for easier typing.

[y8s]

Done correctly it will look like the below...

How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections

This is for anyone that's not sure how to use the Editor Mode in vBulletin to tweak their code or to break a large section of quoted material into smaller bites-size sections.

It also shows you how to use the up and down arrows to shrink or increase the length of your message box for easier typing.

^^ how to blow Mike's mind.

[Mike Phillips]

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Handy little feature in vBulletin...

[Hoytman]

As you explained to me in discussion, and for the sake of the editor mode concerning pictures, I am able to click on the editor mode icon and see the numbered pictures. I didn't know about that before our discussion.

I understand you are saying it can be done with text also, however, all I get when I click on a quote buttion...for example to quote one of your posts...and then click on the editor button to break up the text, all I get is a font size change when I click the "A" button.. I'm using internet explorer also.

I'm able to multi-quote by copying and pasting the front and rear tags to each portion of the text I want to quote.

Like the way I post pictures to the forum, it's a slow way to break up the text. I'm still missing something, I think.

[Mike Phillips]

As you explained to me in discussion, and for the sake of the editor mode concerning pictures, I am able to click on the editor mode icon and see the numbered pictures. I didn't know about that before our discussion.

Well that's one thing that will help you...

I understand you are saying it can be done with text also, however, all I get when I click on a quote buttion...for example to quote one of your posts...and then click on the editor button to break up the text, all I get is a font size change when I click the "A" button.. I'm using internet explorer also.

I was just having you "quote" me so you could see what the code looks like in editor mode. I took a screens shot to do the same thing here,

Editor view of BB code behind multiple pictures

Like the way I post pictures to the forum, it's a slow way to break up the text. I'm still missing something, I think.

You just want to,

Take the pictures off your camera and place them into one folder.

Go through them using LviewPro or some other software to look and see which ones you want to keep and which ones you want to delete, for example duplicates or pictures that are out of focus.

Once you have the pictures you want to keep and use, rename them using the same name but change the final last digit. IF you have 20 pictures the last digits in your file name before the .jpg would be 001 to 020 Make sense?

Once they are renamed, put them in your folder, "Ready to Resize" and then open Easy Thumbnails and click "Make All". Assuming you've set up your folders like I show here,

How to resize your photos before uploading to a photo gallery


After you resize your photos to 800 pixels wide then upload them into your gallery like I show here,

How to upload a photo into your Autogeek Photo Gallery


After they are all uploaded into your gallery, then you are ready to insert them like I show here,

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message


Once you get to the first picture and insert it using WYSIWYG mode of the vBulletin interface, you can then click on the Editor Mode option and highlight and copy and paste the full code for this one picture and paste it as many times as you have pictures and then simply change just the digits at the end of the code to match how many pictures you have to share.

I actually do 10 at a time after the first 10 picture I simply copy the code for pictures 1 through 10 and then just change the "1" to a "2" for 21, 21, 23, etc.

Then for the next 10 pictures I change the 2 to a 3 etc.


Some of my threads have up to and over 100 pictures so I need a "system" that I can use everyday without having to "think" about it.


This would be a lot easier to show you in person and maybe I can get the software that allows me to make a video showing my desktop as I work with pictures for the forum.

[CTS-Veo]

How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections.

This is for anyone that's not sure how to use the Editor Mode in vBulletin to tweak their code or to break a large section of quoted material into smaller bites-size sections.

It also shows you how to use the up and down arrows to shrink or increase the length of your message box for easier typing.

Very cool. I've always wondered how people did this!

[wytstang]

Beats doing it one by one, thanks.

[Mike Phillips]

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Just a reminder to anyone not aware that you can switch to "Editor Mode" and also use the little arrows in the upper left hand corner above the Smilies to stretch out the message box where you type.


The arrows look like this...





Clicking on the down arrow will stretch your message box out vertically and make it easier to type a longer message.

[Mister B]

I did not realize you could enlarge the message box. That would definitely make things easier.

Thanks.