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BBCode
BBCode is a collection of formatting tags used to change the look of text or add graphical elements on these forums. BBCode is based on the same principle as HTML and looks a lot like it. Just wrap the parts you want to change or add in tags ([tag_name]text to change[/tag_name]). Below is the list of all available BBCode tags and how to use them.
Administrators can turn BBCode on or off. You can check whether BBCode is enabled when writing a post or editing your signature.
Text style
The following tags change the look of text:
[b]Bold text[/b]producesBold text
[u]Underlined text[/u]producesUnderlined text
[i]Italic text[/i]producesItalic text
[s]Strikethrough text[/s]producesStrikethrough text
[del]Deleted text[/del]producesDeleted text[ins]Inserted text[/ins]producesInserted text
[em]Emphasized text[/em]producesEmphasized text
[color=#FF0000]Red text[/color]producesRed text
[color=blue]Blue text[/color]producesBlue text
[h]Heading[/h]producesHeading
Links and images
You can create links to other documents or to email addresses with the following tags:
[url=https://avrobb.org/]AvroBB[/url]produces[url]https://avrobb.org/[/url]produces[url=/help.php]This help page[/url]produces[email]myname@example.com[/email]produces[email=myname@example.com]My email address[/email]produces[topic=1]Test topic[/topic]produces[topic]1[/topic]produces[post=1]Test post[/post]produces[post]1[/post]produces[forum=1]Test forum[/forum]produces[forum]1[/forum]produces[user=2]Test user[/user]produces[user]2[/user]produces
Links and images
If you want to show an image, use the “img” tag. The text after the “=” sign in the opening tag is used for the alt attribute (alternative text shown if the image can’t be displayed) and should be added whenever possible
[img=AvroBB BBCode test]https://avrobb.org/img/test.png[/img]produces
Quotes
If you want to quote someone, use the “quote” tag.
[quote=James]This is the text I want to quote.[/quote]produces- James wrote:
This is the text I want to quote.
[quote]This is the text I want to quote.[/quote]producesThis is the text I want to quote.
If you don’t want to quote anyone in particular, you can use the “quote” tag without a name.
Note: if a username contains the characters [ or ], you can wrap it in quotation marks.
Code
When showing source code, make sure you use the “code” tag. Text between code tags is shown in a monospaced font and is not affected by other tags.
[code]This is some code.[/code]producesThis is some code.
Lists
To create a list, use the “list” tag. Three kinds of lists are available.
[list][*]Example first list item.[/*][*]Example second list item.[/*][*]Example third list item.[/*][/list]producesExample first list item.
Example second list item.
Example third list item.
[list=1][*]Example first list item.[/*][*]Example second list item.[/*][*]Example third list item.[/*][/list]producesExample first list item.
Example second list item.
Example third list item.
[list=a][*]Example first list item.[/*][*]Example second list item.[/*][*]Example third list item.[/*][/list]producesExample first list item.
Example second list item.
Example third list item.
Nested tags
BBCode tags can be nested for advanced formatting. For example:
[b][u]Bold, underlined text[/u][/b]producesBold, underlined text
Additional tags
The forum also understands these tags, offered by the editing toolbar:
m[sup]2[/sup] H[sub]2[/sub]Oproducesm2 H2O
[center]Centered text[/center]producesCentered text
[acronym=Air Traffic Control]ATC[/acronym]producesATC
[spoiler]End of the movie: the pilot lands.[/spoiler]producesSpoiler
End of the movie: the pilot lands.
The “video” tag embeds a YouTube, Dailymotion or Vimeo video from its address: [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…[/video].
Smilies
If you like (and if this feature is enabled), the forums turn the following smilies into emoji:
:)and=)produces- 🙂
:|and=|produces- 😐
:(and=(produces- 🙁
:Dand=Dproduces- 😃
:oand:Oproduces- 😮
;)produces- 😉
:/produces- 😕
:Pand:pproduces- 😛
:lol:produces- 😂
:mad:produces- 😠
:rolleyes:produces- 🙄
:cool:produces- 😎