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| Text Formatting | ||
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| UBBC Tag | HTML Equivalent | Description |
| [b] | <b>, <strong> |
Makes text appear in a bolder/heavier font
[b]Hosted Forums[/b] => Hosted Forums |
| [i] | <i>, <em> |
Italic font appears slanted to the right
[i]Free Message Boards[/i] => Free Message Boards |
| [u] | <u> |
Underlines the text with a 1px line
[u]vForums[/u] => vForums |
| [s] | <s>, <del>, <strike> |
Strikes or crosses through the text with a 1px line
[s]Paid Hosting[/s] => |
| [h1] | <h1> | Heading 1 is used to help describe the document structure. It is normally used for the main title. |
| [h2] | <h2> | Heading 2 is used to help describe the document structure. It is normally used for sub-headings. |
| [h3] | <h3> | Heading 3 is used to help describe the document structure. It is normally used for other headings. |
| [p] | <p> | Starts a new paragraph |
| [br] | <br /> | Inserts a new line break. You can also start a new line break by pressing the "Enter" Key. |
| [sup] | <sup> |
Superscript text is smaller and has a higher baseline
12[sup]th[/sup] July => 12th July |
| [sub] | <sub> |
Subscript text is smaller and has a lower baseline
H[sub]2[/sub]O => H2O |
| [size=2] | <font size="2"> |
Controls the size of the text. 2 is the standard font size.
[size=1]Small Size 1 Text[/size] => Small Size 1 Text |
| [font=verdana] | <font family="verdana"> | The font face used for the text must be installed on a users machine for them to be able to use it => |
| [color=#CC0000] [green] | <font color="#CC0000"> |
The color of the text can be specified either with a common word or a HEX color code
[gold]Gold Service[/gold] => Gold Service |
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[move] [move=4] |
<marquee> |
The text scrolls across the screen from right to left.
If you specify a number, it controls how fast the text moves. |
| Embedded Content | ||
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| UBBC Tag | HTML Equivalent | Description |
| [url] | <a> |
A link which opens in a new browser window
[url=www.google.com]Google[/url] => Google |
| [link] | <a> |
A link which opens in the current browser window
[link]http://hostedmessageboards.com[/link] => http://hostedmessageboards.com |
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[email] [email=user@domain.ext] |
<a> |
A link which opens in the users email client
[email]user@domain.ext[/email] => user@domain.ext |
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[img] [img width=200 height=200] [img alt="My Image"] |
<img> |
Embeds an image which you can specify the width, height and/or alt text. At this time you must host the image elsewhere
[img alt="free forums"]http://vforums.co.uk
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[flash] [flash width=200 height=150] |
<embed>, <object> |
This enables you to embed YouTube or Google Video units. You would enter either the URL of the videos page, the URL of the video itself or its ID.
[flash] |
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[list] [list=num] |
<ul>, <ol> | Displays either a bulleted (default) or numbered list of items. Items are added to the list using the [*] tag (below) | |||||
| [*] | <li> |
This is an item within a list (above). You can have as many items within a list and can have new lists within items.
[list][*]Free [*]Hosted [*]Forums [/list]
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| [hr] | <hr /> |
Inserts a horizontal rule to split a post into two parts.
[hr] => |
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| [blockquote] | <blockquote> | Indents the text. This is often used for showing extracts of text. | |||||
| [center] | <center> |
Centers the text to the middle of the post.
[center]Hosted Forums[/center] => |
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[right] [right width=200] [left] [left width=200] |
<p> |
Text aligned to the right or left of the post. If you specify a width the css "float" attribute will be used to help give advanced layouts.
[right]My Text[/right] => My Text
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| [clear] |
<br style= "clear: both;" /> |
This is used to move the next floating element onto a new line. | |||||
| [pre] | <pre> |
Preformatted text which displays repeated spaces between words
[pre]Some Spaced Text[/pre] => Some Spaced Text |
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[table] [table width=750] |
<table> | Opens a new table. You can specify the width of this table (in px or %) or a default of 80% will be used. Tables require a number of table rows and table cells (below) | |||||
| [tr] | <tr> | Starts a new table row. Table rows contain table cells (below) | |||||
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[td] [td colspan=3] [td rowspan=2] |
<td>, <th> |
Starts a new table cell. Table cells contain the text you wish to display.
[table width=150] [tr] [td colspan=2]Table Title[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td rowspan=2]Cell 1[/td] [td]Cell 2[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Cell 3[/td] [/tr] [/table]
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| Usability | ||
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| UBBC Tag | Description | |
| [user] |
Enables you to link to a users profile showing the current name color and display name.
[user]admin[/user] => Ross |
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| [noubbc] |
Enables you to display raw UBBC code
[noubbc][b]Bold Text[/b][/noubbc] => [b]Bold Text[/b] |
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[code] [code=js] |
Creates a code box which attempts to highlight the code based on the language (html, css, js or php). The code box shows line numbers and will enable a user to select all the contents | |
| [time] |
Converts a Unix timestamp to a readable time in the users local timezone.
[time]1230224400[/time] => 25th Dec 08 at 6:00pm |
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| [anchor] |
Inserts an anchor tag with a name attribute. This can be linked to via a [link] or [url] tag so the users browser scrolls to the specified position.
[anchor]free[/anchor] => <a name="free"></a> |
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