If you want to make your post or reply look better you can use the WSYWYG editor (toggled on or off by
), or you can use Bulletin Board Codes (also called BBCodes or BBC).
where you can see some background. BBCodes can be nested, but for things to bear in mind with this see
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Name | | Purpose | | Link | | Example | | Result | | Comment |
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abbr | | Abbreviation | | Help | | [abbr="Fred"]Frederica X[/abbr] | | Frederica X | | Enables tooltip text on hover |
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acronym | | Acronym | | Help | | [acronym=Simple Machines Forum]SMF[/acronym] | | SMF | | Similar to abbr |
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anchor | | Anchor | | Help | | | | | | Any link to it must be prefixed by "post_" |
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b | | Bold | | Help | | [b]abc[/b] | | abc | | |
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br | | Line break | | Help | | abc[br]def | | (Cannot show) | | Note there is no closing tag |
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center | | Center/Centre | | Help | | [center]abc[/center] | | abc | | |
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code | | Code - simple formatting | | Help | | | | | | |
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color | | Color/Colour | | Help | | [color=red]abc[/color] | | abc | | Allowed colors: aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, orange, purple, red, silver, teal, white, yellow
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email | | Email | | Help | | [email]a@bc[/email] | | a@bc | | |
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font | | Font | | Help | | [font=fantasy]abc[/font] | | abc | | eg font=Times, Times New Roman, serif |
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hr | | Horizontal rule | | Help | | | | | | |
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html | | Raw HTML code | | Help | | [html]A B[/html] | | A B | | (Admin use only) Could also use eg <br> |
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i | | Italic | | Help | | [i]abc[/i] | | abc | | |
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img | | Image | | Help | | [img width=30]http:// wiki.simplemachines.org/ smf/images/1/19/Button_media.png[/img] | | | | Can set alt, width, height |
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iurl | | Hyperlink - in same tab | | Help | | [iurl]http://mapping4ops.org/[/iurl] | | http://mapping4ops.org/ | | Can also include text (see format for url) |
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left | | Left alignment | | Help | | [left]abc[/left] | | abc | | |
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li | | List item | | Help | | | | | | Bullet form can be altered, see also list |
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list | | List | | Help | | [list type=decimal] [list type=lower-alpha] | | (Cannot show) | | See also li |
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nobbc | | Don't process BB Codes | | Help | | | | | | Only of use when describing BBCodes (as here!) |
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quote | | Format as a quote | | Help | | [quote author=xx link=topic=31 date=1453790699]abc[/quote] | | abc | | can specify just author, author, internal forum link and time or none of them |
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right | | Right alignment | | Help | | [right]abc[/right] | | abc | | |
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s | | Strikethrough | | Help | | [s]abc[/s] | | abc | | |
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size | | Font size | | Help | | [size=x-large]abc[/size] | | abc | | xx-small;x-small;small;medium;large;x-large;xx-large larger;smaller |
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sub | | Subscript | | Help | | abc[sub]2[/sub] | | abc2 | | |
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sup | | Superscript | | Help | | abc[sup]2[/sup] | | abc2 | | |
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table | | Table | | Help | | | | | | table contains tr, which contain td |
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td | | Table cell | | Help | | | | | | table contains tr, which contain td |
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tr | | Table Row | | Help | | | | | | table contains tr, which contain td |
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time | | Time | | Help | | [time]1132812640[/time] | | 24 November 2005, 06:10:40 | | converts a Unix Timestamp into a normal time |
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tt | | Teletype font (fixed-width) | | Help | | [tt]abc[/tt] | | abc | | |
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u | | Underline | | Help | | [u]abc[/u] | | abc | | |
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url | | Hyperlink - new tab | | Help | | [url=http://simplemachines.org]SMF site[/url] | | SMF site | | Need not include text (see format for iurl) |
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Name | | Purpose | | Link | | Example | | Result | | Comment |