Useless BBS code trivia

[Murdr]

Here is how to quote with the linked header and timestamp when there is no quote button available. 

As you can see there are three parameters, and all three need valid data to display with a linked header...

[quote [color=red]author=[/color]Murdr [color=red]link=[/color]topic=253819.msg3131703#msg3131703 [color=red]date=[/color]1228868073]
Correct.
[/quote]

Which displays as...

Correct.

author= is easy as all you need is the valid username of the OP
link= can be gathered from the url to that specific message.  This can be found by clicking the link on a search return with "display messages only", or from the users recent posts page.
date=Is in UNIX timestamp format, and can be found by using a converter.  (Note that you'll need to adjust the time entered in the converter for time zone differences In the example below I had to add 4 hours for the correct display because I'm GMT -4:00 currently).

So for example if I wanted to quote Skuzzy from http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,252764.0.html which is a locked topic with no quote button.
a quick search gives me the url for the post http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,252764.msg3115825/topicseen.html#msg3115825
So...
author=Skuzzy
link=topic=252764.msg3115825#msg3115825
from the converter...
date=1227530170

[quote author=Skuzzy  link=topic=252764.msg3115825#msg3115825 date=1227530170]
1- Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting.

2- Threads should remain on topic, do not "hijack" topics.

3- Do not open a new thread that duplicates a current topic.
[/quote]

Which displays as...

1- Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting.

2- Threads should remain on topic, do not "hijack" topics.

3- Do not open a new thread that duplicates a current topic.

And there it is, just as if you used the quote button.

I filed this under trivial and useless because it's a bit of effort just to link a quote to the original post, but darnit, I figured out how to do it 

[Allen Rune]

I thought it was Widewing that could be counted on for useless blathering? Or wait, he's just for useless history though, right? Are you the master of useless blathering about the BBS now?

[Bronk]

I thought it was Widewing that could be counted on for useless blathering? Or wait, he's just for useless history though, right? Are you the master of useless blathering about the BBS now?

Png just for being a complete numpty.

[Murdr]

There was clearly enough warning of topic content in the thread title.   That's my disclaimer.  Now if I titled the thread "free beer" that would be a different matter 

[Babalonian]

Free beer, where?

And I did read your post and learn about the Unix timestamp format (I was wondering how that worked), so it wasn't completely useless.

Now where's that beer?