2nd time I'm asking.. How do I use the "Quotes" button correctly, and links too?

I answered last night but it had an external link (as an example) and it seems to be stuck in mod queue. No big deal, I can summarise.

Firstly, I'm not sure I understand your problem with the "quotes button" as I wasn't aware there even was one.

However, opening links in another page is just simple HTML. You need to create a targer for your href which in this instance would be "_blank". As an example, the following HTML would open up a link to the W3Schools tutorial on HTML links in a new window - <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp" target="_blank">W3Schools HTML links tutorial</a>

You'll notice down the bottom of text input boxes on Performancing it lets you know what HTML tags are permitted. If you want links to open in a new window, you're going to have do some hand editing of the HTML to make it look like the above.

A caveat on using any external links is that in my experience using external links greatly increases the chances that your post will be caught up in a moderation queue and be very much delayed (if it appears at all). I understand that the moderation queue is required to combat spam, it doesn't make it any less of a frustration for me as I like to link out and use pictures. Still, I'm nothing if not adaptable.

Hope this helps you some.

Shane

It does.. Thanks
Jim