Quoting explained

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I've noticed that some people are not quoting a post right so I thought I'd explain it for people without a Web Design background:

When you quote someone it puts the following around what they said:

[quote] What they just said [/quote]

The quotes are made up of an opening quote which begins it: [quote] and a closing quote which ends it: [/quote]

The only difference between the two is that the closing quote has a forward slash: / to mark the end.

It also has a name indicated by the = sign, so [quote ="Adamantus" ] begins a quote by me. You could also change this to lie but please don't do that!

If you quote a quote then it gets confusing, but the rule is, whoever you just quoted will end up on the outside. So:

[quote ="Homer" ] what Homer said about me
[quote ="Adamantus" ] what I said [/quote]
[/quote]

The closing quotes are always the same.

I hope this has been helpful and not patronising as that's not my intention.