awesome. thanks for a great support.

no problem

hope you can answer me this ... how am I going to show all bbcode for the quick reply/quick comment (vb Blog)

What do you mean? Like have the icons themselves show up there?

yes, right now the quick comment in Blog doesn't have all the custom bb code

Is it normal for this mod to remove the text from the article for the quote? I have to replace it manually or type the quote and then use the quote tags.

Is there a way for it to keep the quoted text in the article and quote it without doing it manually?

Great mod by the way, if only that little problem (At least for me it is) could be sorted. ;)

So far, what I've gotten to work in the blogs is to do this:
Edit the Show Threads Quick Reply template in your style(s) and add this where appropriate.
However, where it says this... id="{$editorid}_cmd_quoteit" - it isn't working (of course not) - but I've not found a way yet to make it work - possibly this afternoon if I have time.

Yes, this is normal. You are emphasizing the text if you are highlighting it. However, what I would recommend, and what I do, is to just copy and paste where you want the quoteit to go (above, below) and then emphasize it with the bbcode, leaving the original untouched. Of course, don't go too high or low or it doesn't look right.
Currently no, as it is bbcode and made to wrap the tags around the selected text. I had originally sought out to do just that - create a separate text box to type in what you want to quote and then allow you to just do the rest as you normally would have but there were many issues with that. This was by far more easier with very little issues - and it worked relatively easy. Depending on time, I may work on the other version I originally intended to.

Looks like it might be a good hack, however I would like the quote block to be narrower and with a border with maybe some speech mark images. Is this possible?

All of that should be editable in here:
<style type="text/css">
blockquote {
color: #AA0;
display: block;
padding: 2px 20px 2px;
font-size: 110%;
width: 350px;
}
img.floatLeft {
float: left;
margin: 3px;
}
blockquote.floatLeft {
float: left;
margin: 4px;
}
blockquote.floatRight {
float: right;
margin: 4px;
}
</style>
Did you have something specific in mind for the speech mark images?

thanks for that. I'll have a go at this during the week.

Probably something similar to the speech marks you get when you quote on vbulletin.org