How To Use The Forum BBCode

September 9th, 2005 at 11:00 AM

Using the bbcode on the forum is pretty easy. Each "tag" has a beginning tag, and an end tag, and something in between.




Complete BBTag List

[ B ] - Bold
[ I ] - italics
[ U ] - underline
[ IMG ] - image
[ URL ] - urls.. or links
[ SIZE ] - font size
[ COLOR ] - font color
[ MARQUEE ] - marqueed (scrolling) text




Bold Text

[ B ] some text in here that i want to be bold [ /B ]

See how I started it with [ B ].. then i put my content in the middle (that I want to be bold) and finished it with the end tag [ /B ]

Please note that there actually shouldn't be any spaces in [ B ] or [ /B ]. I just did that because if I typed it without the spaces, it would show up as bold text.

Using the italics and underline tags is just as easy as using the bold tag.




Italicized Text

[ I ] italicized text in here [ /I ]




Underlined Text

[ U ] underlined text in here [ /U ]




Different Sizes

You can use the size tag to make your text different sizes. The attribute value for the size tag will be a number ranging from 1 to 7. 1 is the smallest and 7 is the biggest.

Example: [ size=7 ] biggg text [ /size ]



Different Colors

Use the color tag to get different colors. The attribute value can take on a color name... like red, white, blue, black, purple, orange. Or, a color code like #0000FF, #FFFFFF, #FF0000.

Example: [ color=red ] some text in here [ /color ]




Image Tags

Using the IMG and URL tags can be a little bit trickier.

This would be how you put an image in the forums.

[ IMG ] the link to the image in here [ /IMG ]

So, based on that.. a sample IMG tag would look like this..

[ IMG ]http://www.showmypro.com/images/logo.gif[ /IMG ]

If you put something like this in, and submit your post.. that image will show up instead of the text. PLEASE NOTE! Your image must be uploaded somewhere on the internet before you can do that. You can't just use an image on your computer.

If you don't know the link to your image.. do this. Browse your way to the picture on the internet. Once you find it, right click on it and choose 'Properties'. Then, a little box will pop up. You'll see the letters URL. Next to that is the link to your image. This is what you want to put inside the IMG and /IMG tags.




URL Tags
Okay, now on to URLs. There are three ways to do this.

#1. You don't have to do anything at all exept put the link in the post. Like this:

http://www.showmypro.com

See, that was linked automatically for us.

#2. [ URL ] http://www.showmypro.com [ /URL ]

Here, we just put our link inside of the URL and /URL tags. This will do the same thing as just typing the link in.

#3. [ URL=http://www.showmypro.com ] click here to check out my favorite site [ /URL]

The above is pretty nifty. It will turn the text 'click here to check out my favorite site' into a link that goes to showmypro.com.




Marquee Tags

To make your text scroll, you use the [ marquee ] and [ /marquee ] tags.

Example: [ marquee ] some scrolling text [ /marquee ]

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