What kind of device?

So easy a kid can explain it...

Randy

Very concise.

I like Randy's explanation!

 "how do I "quote" the

I just right click and copy the part of the text  I want then hit the quotes symbol on the reply header and paste the copied words into the box. There's probably a more efficient "official" method but this one is easy for me to remember....DaveB 

Q & A (was covered in the missing PM)

Dear Brian,

RE Question 1:

A PM was sent to you via the "Contact" link on your profile yesterday,
setting out how to quote from other people's posts in step-by-step format.

Please check the email box you signed-up to MRH with,
inc the "Junk" or "Spam" folders.

RE Question 2:

See above. "Left click + Dragging" should select text from the previous posting.
(Selected text is highlighted in Blue)

Right-click the highlighted text, and choose "Copy"

Click the Quote Mark ( " ) button on the toolbar at top of the message box to insert a "quote box"

Then Right-click IN the Quote Box, and choose "Paste"

RE Question 3: 

AFAIK there is no way to set an "email notification" of responses to any posts you may make.
This forum is not like a YahooGroup or other email-based group-comms system. It is envisaged that users will actually visit the site to "catch up with the latest" as they feel so-led...

However, if you land on the "Recent Posts" page

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/recent-posts

and then click the "My Recent Posts" tab just above the list of threads,

you should get a list of the posts you recently posted to,
with a number showing if there have been any responses since.

RE Question 4:

Strongly reccomend:
- go to the "Recent Posts" page

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/recent-posts

- click "My recent Posts" tab
- locate the post you are interested in catching-up on
- click the "X new" (where X is the number of posts since you last looked at the thread)

This will take you straight to the first New Posting since you last looked at the thread...

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

Brian, what kind of device

Testing out the "quoting of a posting".

Yes Joe I am utilizing a PC laptop running Win 7

Brian

Notifications for follow-on postings in subject threads

Thank you Prof Klyzlr,
I think I now see how that works, and the lack of notifications about new postings. I find it a little strange in keeping some conversations going, particularly when a person is a bit older and possibly looses track of a goodly number of subject threads he might be involved in at any one time.

I'm 74 now and have been involved with the boat business for a large number of years, so I follow a significant number of design questions on a number of boat related subjects on at least 4 boating forums, (and including some aerodynamics and structural questions of sailing rig designs, etc).

And now I am ready to begin the planning of a good size train layout in a dedicated shed,...and I am going to seek HELP with a number of questions I have concerning this. That advice will likely be sought from both your forum, and at least one other. Keeping up with all these 'discussions' simultaneously will be quite challenging....ha...ha

PS: I want to build a dbl-deck, around-the-wall, with peninsula layout inside a dedicated 12x16 Handi-House shed I installed under the rear of my carport. I have some sample layouts I have clipped from mags over the years to utilize as examples, but I have NO experience with track layout programs (and to tell the truth I'm too busy to what to learn these layout programs just to design my layout). I'm hoping someone with a lot more experience can help me out there.

I have a LOT of all of the equipment and trains to do a really nice layout, I just need help with the plan, and all the other details.
 

Brian Eiland
RunningTideYachts.com

Forum vs Blog

Can someone tell me the basic differences between a blog and this forum? Is there a reason that both 'discussions' exist?

If I am seeking out help and contributions to assist me in building a new layout, is there any reason I would utilize one over the other?
Brian

Think of the blog

As a "go to" place to see all of the postings created by a member.  I have a blog on MRH and find it handy to seach myself and also to provide the blog link to others to see what's going on.

The best place to hang out?

That would be the "Recent Posts" page. It's how you can track everything that is going on around here. 

If you are using Windows 7, I do hope you are using Chrome or Firefox as your browser. Internet Explorer is the source of most of the problems we come up against. 

Remember the track tab

"Can someone tell me the

     I think the blogs work better for a thread you plan to keep going for a long time, it's easier to find your blogs by using the sidebar. A forum topic thread works better for something with more limited time span or interest and won't clutter up your blog index, A new layout design and construction  thread would be a blog for example while a question about a detail part for an engine would be a forum topic thread......DaveB

Blog vs forum thread

So utilizing a 'blog' does

So utilizing a 'blog' does not restrict the postings to just those of myself,...it does allow others to make contributions to questions I have about the construction of my new layout. ?

I was a little confused here as I had always thought that when folks referred to 'their blog' that is was a running history of their subject, and void of other's input.
 

So when someone starts a blog and then finds some other related subject on the forums, they can always reply to the forum discussion, and reference their blog....correct?

Yes and yes

Yes, that's exactly how a blog works ... you post and then others can comment. You, of course can also reply to the comments.

Yes, that's a great way to use a blog.

If you are using Windows 7, I

If you are using Windows 7, I do hope you are using Chrome or Firefox as your browser. Internet Explorer is the source of most of the problems we come up against.

Yes I utilize Firefox most of the time,...and Chrome on some occasions.

I might like to utilize Chrome more often, but I have a harder time trying ti keep track of 'bookmarks' with that browser as its quite different than the old Explorer of Firefox in storing and categorizing bookmarks