Guide to BB Code

Hey. I decided to make a fairly simple guide to BB Code, and hopefully help some people out. For those of you who don't know, BB Code is the tags you put around text to make it appear differently, such as color, font or size. It also allows for the creation of links and images. It doesn't matter if the BB Code tags are capitalized or not. If you were to copy any of the following examples into a post, they would appear as the result. Well, here is the guide:








BB Code - [CODE] [/CODE] Tags


Description - Allows for maintaining spacing in text. Otherwise, spacing may be removed.


Example -

[CODE]
____Example
_________Example

_________________Example
_______Example
[/CODE]

(Replace _'s with actual spaces)


Result -



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BB Code - [IMG] [/IMG] Tags


Description - Allows image links to become images.


Example - [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/IMG]


Result -





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BB Code - [NOPARSE] [/NOPARSE] Tags


Description - A very useful type of BB Code, when these tags are around a BB Code line, the BB Code line will not turn into a result.


Example - [NOPARSE][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/IMG][/NOPARSE]


Result - [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/IMG]



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BB Code - [SHOT] [/SHOT] Tags


Description - Allows image links to become smaller images, usually preferred over [IMG] Tags.


Example - [SHOT]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/SHOT]


Result -





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BB Code - [SMALLSHOT] [/SMALLSHOT] Tags


Description - Allows image links to become even smaller images.


Example - [SMALLSHOT]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/SMALLSHOT]


Result -

[smallshot]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/smallshot]



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BB Code - [THREAD=X] [/THREAD] Tags

OR

[THREAD]X[/THREAD] Tags


Description - Allows for a link of thread to be made. You have to copy the thread number and paste it in place of the "X". Easier than a [URL] tag, but only for threads. For the first type, you can write whatever you want in between the tags, but for the second type, you cannot.


Example - [THREAD=247072]Example of a thread link[/THREAD]

OR

[THREAD]247072[/THREAD]


Result - Example of thread link

OR

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=247072



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BB Code - [URL="X"] [/URL] Tags

OR

[URL]X[/URL] Tags


Description - Allows for the creation of links. These links can have a different text for appearance. The URL of your choosing goes where the "X" is, and you can put whatever text in between the tags.


Example - [URL="http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg"]Example of a BBCode Link[/URL]

OR

[URL]http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg[/URL]


Result - Example of a BBCode Link

OR

http://i39.tinypic.com/rtjecl.jpg



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BB Code - [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Tags


Description - allows for the direct placement of a Youtube video where the BBcode line is. You have to copy the final batch of letters and numbers of the URL, and paste it in the [YOUTUBE] Tags. If the URL was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaEZZ43WrTQ, the you would copy FaEZZ43WrTQ.


Example - [YOUTUBE]FaEZZ43WrTQ[/YOUTUBE]


Result -









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NOTES

-[TABLE] Tags do not work on this forum.
-[IMG] Tags can also be used for GIF files.