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What is BBCode?

BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML, tags are enclosed in square brackets [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. Depending on the template you are using you may find adding BBCode to your posts is made much easier through a click-able interface above the message area on the posting form. Even with this you may find the following guide useful.

You cannot add HTML directly to posts - you have to use a BBCode.
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Text Formatting

How to create bold, italic and underlined text
BBCode includes tags to allow you to quickly change the basic style of your text. This is achieved in the following ways:
  • To make a piece of text bold enclose it in [­b][­/b], e.g.

    [­b]Hello[­/b] will become Hello
  • For underlining use [­u][­/u] , for example:

    [­u]Good Morning[­/u] becomes Good Morning
  • To italicise text use [­i][­/i] , e.g.

    This is [­i]Great![­/i] would give This is Great!
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How to change the text colour or size
To alter the colour or size of your text the following tags can be used. Keep in mind that how the output appears will depend on the viewers browser and system:
  • Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in [­color=][­/color]. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, e.g. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create red text you could use:

    [­color=red]Hello![­/color] or [­color=#FF0000]Hello![­/color]

    Both will output Hello!
  • Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using [­size=][­/size]. This tag is dependent on the template the user has selected but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in percent, starting at 20 (very small) through to 200 (very large) by default. For example:

    [­size=50]SMALL[­/size] will generally be SMALL

    whereas:
    [­size=200]HUGE![­/size] will be HUGE!
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