[How to] Edit posts / Multi-Quote [GUIDE]

Hey.

I've seen this issue too many times here on Sythe.org which is the reason I decided to type up this guide on avoiding double posting, spam, etc.

This guide will be divided into two section.

Section one will consist of a step-by-step guide on post editing (which also includes deletion of a post).

Section two will consist of a step-by-step guide on quoting multiple posts, also known as multi-quoting.

Let's begin.


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Section One:

How to edit a post


Step 1.

Firstly, locate the desired post to be edited.

This could include a post which you accidentally posted (to be deleted) or a typo which you wish to correct.




Figure 1.1



Step 2.

The next step is to click on the 'Edit' button located in the bottom right side of the post.

This is portrayed within the green box in figure 1.2.




Figure 1.2



Step 3.

After clicking the 'Edit' button, an editing panel will appear.

Using this panel will allow you to either correct or delete the post.




Figure 1.3



Step 4.

If you wish to edit the post, simply correct the typo (or whatever reason you wished to edit the post in the first place) as shown in figure 1.4.




Figure 1.4



Step 5.

Next, click 'Save' as depicted within the red rectangle below.




Figure 1.5


If you wish to type a description of the reason you decided to edit the post, simply do so within the text box as shown in the blue box.




Figure 1.6


The white text is quite different to read, however it does say 'Reason for Editing:'.



Step 6.

Once you have saved your correction, a time stamp and the reason why you edited the post will now appear (A reason will not be displayed if you did not type one in. If you wish to state a reason, please refer to Step 5 of Section One).

Now your original post which you edited will now appear like this:




Figure 1.7



Step 7.

This step will refer to the deletion part of this guide.

After completing Steps 1-3 of this section, simply click the 'Delete' button as as shown below.




Figure 1.8



Step 8.

Once the 'Delete' button is clicked, an additional panel will drop down.




Figure 1.9


In figure 1.9, you can see that you will not be able to delete the message (post) without consenting to it by clicking on the bubble beside 'Delete Message' as shown in the image below.




Figure 2.0


Once again, a reason can be given as to why the message (post) was removed, however it is not required.



Step 9.

Finally, click the 'Delete this Message' button and your post will be removed from the topic.




Figure 2.1



That concludes section one of this guide.


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Section Two:

How to multi-quote


Step 1.

Locate the posts which you wish to quote.

I have located 2 posts as shown below.




Figure 2.2



Step 2.

Next, click the 'Multi-Quote this Message' icon.

When you hover your cursor over the middle icon, it will notify you of what the icon is as shown in the image below.




Figure 2.3



Step 3.

Now simply click the 'Multi-Quote this Message' icon on the desired posts which you wish to quote.

The 'Multi-Quote this Message' icons will now transform to a red colour, which was previously green.




Figure 2.4



Step 4.

Once you have completed Step 3 and successfully multi-quoted the posts which you wish to quote, click on the 'quote' button as shown within the orange box below.




Figure 2.5



Step 5.

The quoted messages should now appear in a text panel.

You have now successfully mutli-quoted multiple posts within one post.




Figure 2.6


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If you think this guide can be improved upon, feel free to leave a post suggesting what the improvement could be, other opinions are freely welcomed.

I hope this extensive guide has taught you a thing or two and that double posts are avoided in the near-future.

Thanks for reading.​

 

Wow very great guide man. You took something simple and explain it in the fullest detail possible.
Should help explain newcomers the concept of this feature.

 

lol its common sense. but i guess the people that have no idea will profit from this.

It looks good, but the pictures are quite large...

 

Haha, thanks.

It might be common sense, yet many people still avoid using it, therefore creating spam such as double posting, triple posting, etc.

Yes, I know the images are quite large as I've already stated at the bottom of the post.

Sorry about that.

 

Nice guide. great for those too lazy to fix their errors, now there's no excuse.

 

Thanks mate.

Indeed I've seen many people, including newcomers, who simply avoid both these methods when posting, therefore end up double posting.

Bump for the views.

 

PM me for a move.

 

It was very annoying to keep your signature in there, and not have it hidden.

Other then that, I am sure this could help some noobs.

 

Well, here's some advice.
Never post the same (extremely large, by the way) picture multiple times with small changes. Draw arrows to where you're going to point out, number the arrows, and use that as your description. Visuals are nice, but try thumbnails or how I suggested earlier.
You use a nice amount of description, but remember that keeping it clean and organized is important as well.

 

Nice simple guide, very useful for some beginners. Only thing I would recommend like blade said, would be to resize the pictures a little bit. It is hard to read when they are so huge. Other than that good job.

 

Aha, thanks mate.

I did try to depict what I was trying to explain through the images by the coloured boxes.

However once I find some time, I'll re-size the images.

Cheers buddy.

 

Your images are far too big, make them a bit smaller and then it will be good

 

Thanks for all your suggestions and comments.

All images have now been re-sized and any major signatures within the images have been removed.

Bump.

 

Bump.

 

ummm nice guide i guess. isnt this common sense tho?

 

Of course.

But if you look around the community, there are still people (not just newcomers) who double post, triple post, quadruple post because they do not know how to edit their original post or they do not know how to multi-quote.

Even if this is common sense, I assure you that it would/will still assist people.

 

to tell the truth i only figured out how to multiquote like 2 months ago, wish i found this guide before then

But great guide, very well explained with alot of pics and if you were a newcomer id defintly reccomend this

 

Simple yet effective. Awesome guide champ.

 

Excellent, this is sure to help many newcomers or people unfamiliar with VB type forums.

 

amazing guide thanks