# \[quote\] e2a0e 16blockquotea0e3oa0analisandoa0uma0 URLa0ema0umaa0 citae7e3oa0comoa0 BBCode e0a0 HTML
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [9 Março , 2018 02:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572 "2018-03-09T02:50:08Z")
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 02:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/1 "2018-03-09T02:50:08Z")
I’m a newbie so apologies in advance if this isn’t the correct location to flag this. I searched Google, `discourse.org`, & `commonmark.org` but haven’t found anything yet.
Citing a URL in addition to just a name or article title means readers can easily check your source & read further if they choose (I assume it’s also better for SEO).
On phpBB forums, the following BBCode will put a link into the citation:
`[quote="In [url=http://example.com/]First Post[/url], Bob"]`
On WordPress, the following HTML effectively does the same thing:
```
First Post, Bob
Hello this is my quote.
```
The screenshot below shows examples of how they render on my forum & blog:
But here’s how they render on Discourse:
[quote=“In [First Post](http://example.com/), Bob”]
> [First Post](http://example.com), Bob Hello this is my quote.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 04:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/2 "2018-03-09T04:39:08Z")
> [@TEU](#):
>
> On phpBB forums
```plaintext
[quote="TEU, post:1, topic:82572"]
On phpBB forums
[/quote]
```
This is how you would do it on Discourse.
We support some BBCode but by no means attempt to support all of it.
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 05:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/3 "2018-03-09T05:23:12Z")
Thanks Sam for the prompt response! Great to know there’s a way to link to other posts on the same forum but is there a way to link to external URLs?
For more academic forums, being able to easily cite with a URL is really important.
I’ve also asked on [commonmark.org](http://commonmark.org) too, although they don’t seem to support any citation, which is very puzzling.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 05:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/4 "2018-03-09T05:28:58Z")
Sure, we have oneboxing, and this answers what it is [https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-onebox/78060](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-onebox/78060) 🤩 be sure to check it out.
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 05:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/5 "2018-03-09T05:55:05Z")
Wow, that’s certainly a great feature! But sorry, I wasn’t clear, what I think we need is to extend the citation’s internal linking (which you demonstrated) to full URL linking. If it’s too tricky to use the phpBB/BBCode & WordPress/HTML syntax, perhaps something similar to the way internal linking is done eg:
```
[quote="TEU, url:example.com"]
On phpBB forums
[/quote]
```
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 06:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/6 "2018-03-09T06:14:21Z")
Sorry I am unclear what you are asking?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 06:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/7 "2018-03-09T06:19:20Z")
Offsite quotes to be expressed in BBCode.
Which you would do like this:
> It’s been a while, but Florida did a smart thing.
[original source](https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/florida-lawmakers-just-approved-to-keep-daylight-savings-time-all-year-long/117002/2?u=sam)
Or like this:
> **[Florida lawmakers just approved to keep Daylight Saving Time all year long](https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/florida-lawmakers-just-approved-to-keep-daylight-saving-time-all-year-long/117002/2)**
>
> It’s been a while, but Florida did a smart thing. Come on rest of the country, it’s time.
But I guess he wants some extra quote metadata.
I think there are plenty of other ways of achieving this for now.
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 08:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/8 "2018-03-09T08:13:36Z")
Discourse allows us to clearly show the author of a quote at the top quote block/box using `[quote="Author"]Foo bar[/quote]` to produce:
> [@Author](#):
>
> Foo bar
That’s extended to allow an internal link to where the author made the quote, again it’s neatly at the top quote block/box. i.e. `[quote="Author, post:1, topic:82572"]Foo bar[/quote]`
> [@Author (click here to see where this quote came from)](#):
>
> Foo bar
However, I’m encouraging us to consider extending this slightly further, to allow a URL to where the author made the quote, again keeping it neatly at the top quote block/box.
Websites have this functionality using the `Another Site` HTML within a `` and BBCode forums usually achieve it using:
`[quote="Author on [url=http://example.com/]Another Site[/url]"]`
Discourse could use the HTML or BBCode syntax too, or they could use something more like `[quote="Author, post:1, topic:82572"]Foo bar[/quote]`
For example, `[quote="Author, url:example.com"]Foo bar[/quote]` that would render just like `[quote="Author, post:1, topic:82572"]Foo bar[/quote]` except the word “Author” would take you to `example.com` rather than `post:1, topic:82572`
While oneboxing is great it doesn’t seem to give any control over what bit is quoted—although I might be mistaken about that?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, am I making more sense?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 08:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/9 "2018-03-09T08:29:15Z")
You can already do
> From [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org)
>
> **Escape email silos**
> Engage in searchable discussions with your most avid customers, superfans, and fellow team members – every day. Let everyone discover what you do, how you do it, and join in on the conversation.
with
```
> From [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org)
>
> **Escape email silos**
> Engage in searchable discussions with your most avid customers, superfans, and fellow team members – every day. Let everyone discover what you do, how you do it, and join in on the conversation.
```
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 08:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/10 "2018-03-09T08:35:52Z")
I don’t think that’s being treated a title/citation in the way `[quote="Author, post:1, topic:82572"]` formats/converts “Author” into a link and adds the “expand/collapse” & “go to” buttons on the left, but it looks better than having the link outside the quote box/block 🙂
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 08:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/11 "2018-03-09T08:36:31Z")
Indeed. That’s just a workaround.
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [9 Março , 2018 22:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/12 "2018-03-09T22:13:35Z")
Found more support for the idea:
> **[cite and blockquote – reloaded | HTML5 Doctor](http://html5doctor.com/cite-and-blockquote-reloaded/)**
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### Author:  [@TEU](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TEU)
#### Post date: [10 Março , 2018 01:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/13 "2018-03-10T01:28:05Z")
I guess another workaround could be:
> [@In First Post (http://example.com/)—Bob](#):
>
> Fo bar
Although it would be far better for users & SEO if that was a clickable link.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [4 Julho , 2020 06:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-blockquote-arent-parsing-a-url-in-a-citation-as-per-bbcode-html/82572/14 "2020-07-04T06:53:52Z")