BBCode allows you to specify formatting rules for your text, even if you are not allowed to use HTML in your posts. BBCode originated from the forum software named PHPBB, and this site has a special implementation of it.
In BBCode terms, you use "tags" to add formatting to your text. Every tag is enclosed in [ and ] brackets. If you want to mark some region in your text, you need to use an opening tag and a closing tag. Closing tags start with [/, as you will see in the examples below. If you mistype a tag or forget to close it, you will not get the desired formatting.
BBCode allows you to make some parts of your texts stand out from the context by adding [b]old, [i]talic, [u]nderlined and [s]trikeout formatting to them. The [color], [size] and [font] tags allow you to change the color, size and font of portions of the text you enclose with these tags. Both require a parameter (which colour, how big, what font) that is suffixed to the name of the tag by an equals sign (example below). You should not repeat the parameter in the closing tag!
You can specify any recognized color name (red, blue, green, white, etc.) or a hexadecimal color value (#CDCDCD, #FFFFFF, etc.) as the parameter of a [color] tag. The [size] tag allows you to set the font size between 6 and 48, 6 being the smallest size. Note that using very large text is considered by many to be annoying, and it is seldom a good idea to try to attract more attention to your post in this way. The [font] tag can be set to any valid font face, such as Arial, Arial Black, Courier, Courier New, Helvetica, Impact, Times New Roman, Verdana, etc.
usage | display |
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I [b]need to do[/b] this by the weekend | I need to do this by the weekend |
John said that [i]we should[/i] ask her | John said that we should ask her |
I [u]would not like to[/u] offend you | I would not like to offend you |
Let's correct this [s]mispelled[/s] misspelled word | Let's correct this |
Jane was at [color=blue]the coast[/color] | Jane was at the coast |
Joe was in [color=#FF0000]the forest[/color] | Joe was in the forest |
You said: [size=30]HEY![/size] | You said: HEY! |
She said: [font=Courier]What?[/font] | She said: What? |
Headings are an important part of articles.
You can use tags [h1] to [h6] to format headings corresponding to HTML's <h1> to <h6>
Examples:[h1]Level 1 Heading[/h1] |
Level 1 Heading |
[h2]Level 2 Heading[/h2] |
Level 2 Heading |
[h3]Level 3 Heading[/h3] |
Level 3 Heading |
[h4]Level 4 Heading[/h4] |
Level 4 Heading |
[h5]Level 5 Heading[/h5] |
Level 5 Heading |
[h6]Level 6 Heading[/h6] |
Level 6 Heading |
You have multiple options to specify links to other destinations in your posts.
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) starting with "www" or "ftp" (eg. www.example.com) are automatically recognized and replaced with links. You can also use the [url] tag with a parameter to specify a link with meaningful text to click on. If you use the url tag without the parameter, the enclosed text is assumed to be a URL, and a link is created to that destination.
Email addresses in posts are also automatically converted to email links. For compatibility with common BBCode implementations, an [email] tag is provided.
usage | display |
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For more examples, visit www.example.com | For more examples, visit www.example.com |
For more examples, visit http://example.com | For more examples, visit http://example.com |
If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com | If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com |
If you have questions ask me at [email]joe@example.com[/email] | If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com |
We use [url=http://example.com/]the example site[/url] in these examples | We use the example site in these examples |
We use [url]http://example.com/[/url] in these examples | We use http://example.com/ in these examples |
Many times, you want to refer to a particular part of text from some another part. Using anchors this is possible.
To use anchors, use [anchor=name]TEXT[/anchor] To refer this at another place, use [url=#name]My old referenece[/url] The name must be same at both places.
The [img] tag allows you to display an image in your post. You need to specify a URL to the image, so it needs to be accessible somewhere on the internet. Beware of adding very large images to your text, or the page will load very slowly!
If you enclose a URL in an [img] tag, then it will
be replaced with code to display the image. For example A good
screenshot: [img]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img]
will show you the screenshot (if it exists).
You can also specify the desired display dimensions of the image by
adding a dimension parameter to the [img] tag. A
good screenshot: [img=640x480]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img]
will display the image in 640x480 (though the full image will be
downloaded). Do not use this to show a thumbnail of an image!
You are free to link an image to an external destination by enclosing
the [img] tag with a [url] tag: See
[url=http://example.com][img]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img][/url]
.
To refer to Google and Wikipedia use this:
[google]The search query[/google], this will output search query as a link http://www.google.com/search?q=The+search+query
[wikipedia]Wiki Page[/wikipedia], this will output a link as http://http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Page
To embed Youtube videos, use this:
[youtube]Video Code i.e. the string that appears after v= in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[/youtube], this will embed the video
Using the [abbr] and [acronym] tags, you can create abbreviations and acronyms.
[abbr=full expansion]shortname as displayed[/abbr]
[acronym=full expansion]shortname as displayed[/acronym]
Some formatting using tables can be done as below:
The table code for rows, columns and heads must be enclosed between [table] and [/table] |
Rows can be specified using [row], [r] or [tr]. Just enclose the text between the tag. You can also specify the row's background color using the color property of the tag i.e. [row color=#FFFFFF]. It should be in hexadecimal form, the default format for HTML colors. |
Columns can be specified by enclosing the text between [col], [c] or [td] |
Column headings (th tag) can be specified by enclosing the head text between [header], [head] or [h]. |
The simplest list type is the unordered list, which means that there is no numbering applied to the elements. You can make such a list by enclosing the list elements in [list] opening and closing tags. Specify the start of one element with the [*] list element marker, which has no closing tag pair.
To create an ordered list, you should add a parameter to the [list] list tag specifying what type of ordered list you would like to see. The possible parameters are "i", "I", "1", "a", "A", "c", "d" and "s" which all correspond to the display of the first list element.
To indent some text, you need to follow this syntax - [indent]TEXT[/indent].
You can use nested indentation to show various indentation levels.
[indent]TEXT1
[indent]TEXT2[/indent]
[/indent]
usage | display |
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I love [list] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [list=I] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [list=1] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [indent]computing [indent]and I am a geek[/indent] [/indent] |
I love computing
and I am a geek |
You can use the [code] tag to add an inline fixed-width formatted part or to add a block of (usually program) code. If there is any newline present between the opening and closing tags, then a block will be displayed.
Similarly, the [php] tag can be used to post PHP code. PHP code will automatically be syntax highlighted for easier readability.
usage | display |
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Edit your [code]robots.txt[/code] file | Edit your robots.txt file |
An HTML title example: [code] <head> <title>Page Title</title> </head> [/code] |
An HTML title example:
<head>
|
Some PHP code: [php] <?php function hello() { echo "Hello World!"; } ?> [/php] |
Some PHP code:
<?php
|
You can also set the alignment of the text by using [left], [right] and [center] tags. The [float] tag can be used to place floating boxes in the text (especially handy for images). You can specify the direction of the floating with [float=left] and [float=right]. The [justify] tag can be used justify text on both sides of the page.
It is possible to quote something that has already been posted, by just putting [quote][/quote] tags around it. To quote a specific person, use something like [quote=John]. Quote tags can be nested.
The [sub] and [sup] tags can be used to add subscript and superscript text. For example, H[sub]2[/sub]O gives H2O, while X[sup]3[/sup] gives X3.
The [acronym] tag allow you to identify text as an acronym and provide a description when users move their mouse over the tag. For example, [acronym=Structured Query Language]SQL[/acronym] produces SQL.
The [abbr] tag allow you to identify text as an abbreviation and provide a description when users move their mouse over the tag. For example, [abbr=World Wide Web]WWW[/abbr] produces WWW.
The [notag] tags prevent text inside the tags from being parsed. This allows you to give examples of BBcode and not have it converted to HTML. For example: [notag]These [b]tags[/b] are not rendered[/notag] will produce "These [b]tags[/b] are not rendered".
The [hr] tag draws a horizontal line across the page. Handy for separating chunks of text.
You can apply more than one formatting specification to a portion of some
text. I was at [b][i]the coast[/i][/b]
will be
rendered as I was at the coast
.
Make sure that you take care of the proper order of the opening and closing tags. You should close the tags in the opposite order in which you opened them. Otherwise you might get very strange rendering results. Also check your post with the preview function before submitting it, in case there are formatting errors due to improper BBCode usage.
Povolené HTML značky: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
Tyto stránky povolují HTML obsah. Zatímco učit se celé HTML může být odstrašující, naučit se používat několik málo z nejzákladnějších HTML "značek" je velice snadné. Tato tabulka poskytuje příklady pro každou značku povolenou na těchto stránkách.
Pro více informací se podívejte do specifikace HTML od W3C nebo použijte váš oblíbený vyhledávač k vyhledání dalších stránek, kde je HTML vysvětleno.
Popis značky | Napíšete | Získáte |
---|---|---|
Odkazy na jiné stránky | <a href="http://forum.bluefile.cz">forum.bluefile.cz</a> | forum.bluefile.cz |
Zvýrazněné | <em>Zvýrazněné</em> | Zvýrazněné |
Tučný | <strong>Tučný</strong> | Tučný |
Citace | <cite>Citace</cite> | Citace |
Odsazení bloku | <blockquote>Odsazení bloku</blockquote> | Odsazení bloku |
Zobrazení zdrojového kódu | <code>Kód</code> | Kód |
Nečíslovaný seznam - použijte <li> na začátku každé položky seznamu | <ul> <li>První položka</li> <li>Druhá položka</li> </ul> |
|
Číslovaný seznam - použijte <li> na začátku každé položky seznamu | <ol> <li>První položka</li> <li>Druhá položka</li> </ol> |
|
Chybí nápověda pro značku li. | ||
Seznam definice je podobný ostatním HTML seznamům. <dl> začíná seznam definic, <dt> začíná termín a <dd> začíná popis definice. | <dl> <dt>První termín</dt> <dd>První definice</dd> <dt>Druhý termín</dt> <dd>Druhá definice</dd> </dl> |
|
Chybí nápověda pro značku dt. | ||
Chybí nápověda pro značku dd. |
Většinu neobvyklých znaků můžete zadávat přímo bez jakýchkoliv problémů.
Pokud narazíte na problémy, zkuste použít HTML entit. Typickým příkladem je & pro ampersand &. Úplný seznam HTML entit naleznete na stránce entit. Některé k použití jsou:
Popis znaku | Napíšete | Získáte |
---|---|---|
Ampersand | & | & |
Větší než | > | > |
Menší než | < | < |
Uvozovky | " | " |
Povolené HTML značky: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
Tyto stránky povolují HTML obsah. Zatímco učit se celé HTML může být odstrašující, naučit se používat několik málo z nejzákladnějších HTML "značek" je velice snadné. Tato tabulka poskytuje příklady pro každou značku povolenou na těchto stránkách.
Pro více informací se podívejte do specifikace HTML od W3C nebo použijte váš oblíbený vyhledávač k vyhledání dalších stránek, kde je HTML vysvětleno.
Popis značky | Napíšete | Získáte |
---|---|---|
Odkazy na jiné stránky | <a href="http://forum.bluefile.cz">forum.bluefile.cz</a> | forum.bluefile.cz |
Zvýrazněné | <em>Zvýrazněné</em> | Zvýrazněné |
Tučný | <strong>Tučný</strong> | Tučný |
Citace | <cite>Citace</cite> | Citace |
Odsazení bloku | <blockquote>Odsazení bloku</blockquote> | Odsazení bloku |
Zobrazení zdrojového kódu | <code>Kód</code> | Kód |
Nečíslovaný seznam - použijte <li> na začátku každé položky seznamu | <ul> <li>První položka</li> <li>Druhá položka</li> </ul> |
|
Číslovaný seznam - použijte <li> na začátku každé položky seznamu | <ol> <li>První položka</li> <li>Druhá položka</li> </ol> |
|
Chybí nápověda pro značku li. | ||
Seznam definice je podobný ostatním HTML seznamům. <dl> začíná seznam definic, <dt> začíná termín a <dd> začíná popis definice. | <dl> <dt>První termín</dt> <dd>První definice</dd> <dt>Druhý termín</dt> <dd>Druhá definice</dd> </dl> |
|
Chybí nápověda pro značku dt. | ||
Chybí nápověda pro značku dd. |
Většinu neobvyklých znaků můžete zadávat přímo bez jakýchkoliv problémů.
Pokud narazíte na problémy, zkuste použít HTML entit. Typickým příkladem je & pro ampersand &. Úplný seznam HTML entit naleznete na stránce entit. Některé k použití jsou:
Popis znaku | Napíšete | Získáte |
---|---|---|
Ampersand | & | & |
Větší než | > | > |
Menší než | < | < |
Uvozovky | " | " |
Quoted content can be placed between [quote] tags in order to be displayed as an indented quote. Every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag. For example:
[quote]This is a simple quote.[/quote]is displayed as:
This is a simple quote.
Additionally, there is an optional attribute which allows quotes to specify the original author.
[quote=Mr. Drupal]This is a quote with an attribution line.[/quote]is displayed as:
This is a quote with an attribution line.
Finally, multiple [quote] tags can be nested within one another. Just remember that every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag.
[quote]I think she says it best... [quote=Ms. Quotation]This is a quote nested within another quote.[/quote] but you can't argue with [quote=Ms. Reply]The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.[/quote] And I have nothing more to say.[/quote]is displayed as:
I think she says it best...but you can't argue with This is a quote nested within another quote.And I have nothing more to say. The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.
BBCode allows you to specify formatting rules for your text, even if you are not allowed to use HTML in your posts. BBCode originated from the forum software named PHPBB, and this site has a special implementation of it.
In BBCode terms, you use "tags" to add formatting to your text. Every tag is enclosed in [ and ] brackets. If you want to mark some region in your text, you need to use an opening tag and a closing tag. Closing tags start with [/, as you will see in the examples below. If you mistype a tag or forget to close it, you will not get the desired formatting.
BBCode allows you to make some parts of your texts stand out from the context by adding [b]old, [i]talic, [u]nderlined and [s]trikeout formatting to them. The [color], [size] and [font] tags allow you to change the color, size and font of portions of the text you enclose with these tags. Both require a parameter (which colour, how big, what font) that is suffixed to the name of the tag by an equals sign (example below). You should not repeat the parameter in the closing tag!
You can specify any recognized color name (red, blue, green, white, etc.) or a hexadecimal color value (#CDCDCD, #FFFFFF, etc.) as the parameter of a [color] tag. The [size] tag allows you to set the font size between 6 and 48, 6 being the smallest size. Note that using very large text is considered by many to be annoying, and it is seldom a good idea to try to attract more attention to your post in this way. The [font] tag can be set to any valid font face, such as Arial, Arial Black, Courier, Courier New, Helvetica, Impact, Times New Roman, Verdana, etc.
usage | display |
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I [b]need to do[/b] this by the weekend | I need to do this by the weekend |
John said that [i]we should[/i] ask her | John said that we should ask her |
I [u]would not like to[/u] offend you | I would not like to offend you |
Let's correct this [s]mispelled[/s] misspelled word | Let's correct this |
Jane was at [color=blue]the coast[/color] | Jane was at the coast |
Joe was in [color=#FF0000]the forest[/color] | Joe was in the forest |
You said: [size=30]HEY![/size] | You said: HEY! |
She said: [font=Courier]What?[/font] | She said: What? |
Headings are an important part of articles.
You can use tags [h1] to [h6] to format headings corresponding to HTML's <h1> to <h6>
Examples:[h1]Level 1 Heading[/h1] |
Level 1 Heading |
[h2]Level 2 Heading[/h2] |
Level 2 Heading |
[h3]Level 3 Heading[/h3] |
Level 3 Heading |
[h4]Level 4 Heading[/h4] |
Level 4 Heading |
[h5]Level 5 Heading[/h5] |
Level 5 Heading |
[h6]Level 6 Heading[/h6] |
Level 6 Heading |
You have multiple options to specify links to other destinations in your posts.
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) starting with "www" or "ftp" (eg. www.example.com) are automatically recognized and replaced with links. You can also use the [url] tag with a parameter to specify a link with meaningful text to click on. If you use the url tag without the parameter, the enclosed text is assumed to be a URL, and a link is created to that destination.
Email addresses in posts are also automatically converted to email links. For compatibility with common BBCode implementations, an [email] tag is provided.
usage | display |
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For more examples, visit www.example.com | For more examples, visit www.example.com |
For more examples, visit http://example.com | For more examples, visit http://example.com |
If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com | If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com |
If you have questions ask me at [email]joe@example.com[/email] | If you have questions ask me at joe@example.com |
We use [url=http://example.com/]the example site[/url] in these examples | We use the example site in these examples |
We use [url]http://example.com/[/url] in these examples | We use http://example.com/ in these examples |
Many times, you want to refer to a particular part of text from some another part. Using anchors this is possible.
To use anchors, use [anchor=name]TEXT[/anchor] To refer this at another place, use [url=#name]My old referenece[/url] The name must be same at both places.
The [img] tag allows you to display an image in your post. You need to specify a URL to the image, so it needs to be accessible somewhere on the internet. Beware of adding very large images to your text, or the page will load very slowly!
If you enclose a URL in an [img] tag, then it will
be replaced with code to display the image. For example A good
screenshot: [img]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img]
will show you the screenshot (if it exists).
You can also specify the desired display dimensions of the image by
adding a dimension parameter to the [img] tag. A
good screenshot: [img=640x480]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img]
will display the image in 640x480 (though the full image will be
downloaded). Do not use this to show a thumbnail of an image!
You are free to link an image to an external destination by enclosing
the [img] tag with a [url] tag: See
[url=http://example.com][img]http://example.com/screenshot.png[/img][/url]
.
To refer to Google and Wikipedia use this:
[google]The search query[/google], this will output search query as a link http://www.google.com/search?q=The+search+query
[wikipedia]Wiki Page[/wikipedia], this will output a link as http://http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Page
To embed Youtube videos, use this:
[youtube]Video Code i.e. the string that appears after v= in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[/youtube], this will embed the video
Using the [abbr] and [acronym] tags, you can create abbreviations and acronyms.
[abbr=full expansion]shortname as displayed[/abbr]
[acronym=full expansion]shortname as displayed[/acronym]
Some formatting using tables can be done as below:
The table code for rows, columns and heads must be enclosed between [table] and [/table] |
Rows can be specified using [row], [r] or [tr]. Just enclose the text between the tag. You can also specify the row's background color using the color property of the tag i.e. [row color=#FFFFFF]. It should be in hexadecimal form, the default format for HTML colors. |
Columns can be specified by enclosing the text between [col], [c] or [td] |
Column headings (th tag) can be specified by enclosing the head text between [header], [head] or [h]. |
The simplest list type is the unordered list, which means that there is no numbering applied to the elements. You can make such a list by enclosing the list elements in [list] opening and closing tags. Specify the start of one element with the [*] list element marker, which has no closing tag pair.
To create an ordered list, you should add a parameter to the [list] list tag specifying what type of ordered list you would like to see. The possible parameters are "i", "I", "1", "a", "A", "c", "d" and "s" which all correspond to the display of the first list element.
To indent some text, you need to follow this syntax - [indent]TEXT[/indent].
You can use nested indentation to show various indentation levels.
[indent]TEXT1
[indent]TEXT2[/indent]
[/indent]
usage | display |
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I love [list] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [list=I] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [list=1] [*]Oranges [*]Apples [*]Bananas [/list] |
I love
|
I love [indent]computing [indent]and I am a geek[/indent] [/indent] |
I love computing
and I am a geek |
You can use the [code] tag to add an inline fixed-width formatted part or to add a block of (usually program) code. If there is any newline present between the opening and closing tags, then a block will be displayed.
Similarly, the [php] tag can be used to post PHP code. PHP code will automatically be syntax highlighted for easier readability.
usage | display |
---|---|
Edit your [code]robots.txt[/code] file | Edit your robots.txt file |
An HTML title example: [code] <head> <title>Page Title</title> </head> [/code] |
An HTML title example:
<head>
|
Some PHP code: [php] <?php function hello() { echo "Hello World!"; } ?> [/php] |
Some PHP code:
<?php
|
You can also set the alignment of the text by using [left], [right] and [center] tags. The [float] tag can be used to place floating boxes in the text (especially handy for images). You can specify the direction of the floating with [float=left] and [float=right]. The [justify] tag can be used justify text on both sides of the page.
It is possible to quote something that has already been posted, by just putting [quote][/quote] tags around it. To quote a specific person, use something like [quote=John]. Quote tags can be nested.
The [sub] and [sup] tags can be used to add subscript and superscript text. For example, H[sub]2[/sub]O gives H2O, while X[sup]3[/sup] gives X3.
The [acronym] tag allow you to identify text as an acronym and provide a description when users move their mouse over the tag. For example, [acronym=Structured Query Language]SQL[/acronym] produces SQL.
The [abbr] tag allow you to identify text as an abbreviation and provide a description when users move their mouse over the tag. For example, [abbr=World Wide Web]WWW[/abbr] produces WWW.
The [notag] tags prevent text inside the tags from being parsed. This allows you to give examples of BBcode and not have it converted to HTML. For example: [notag]These [b]tags[/b] are not rendered[/notag] will produce "These [b]tags[/b] are not rendered".
The [hr] tag draws a horizontal line across the page. Handy for separating chunks of text.
You can apply more than one formatting specification to a portion of some
text. I was at [b][i]the coast[/i][/b]
will be
rendered as I was at the coast
.
Make sure that you take care of the proper order of the opening and closing tags. You should close the tags in the opposite order in which you opened them. Otherwise you might get very strange rendering results. Also check your post with the preview function before submitting it, in case there are formatting errors due to improper BBCode usage.