BBCode Reference

Text Formatting

Effect Syntax Examples
What you type What you get
Bold Text Surround text with [b] and [/b]. [b]This is bold[/b] This is bold
Italic Text Surround text with [i] and [/i]. [b]This is italic[/b] This is italic
Underlined Text Surround text with [u] and [/u] [u]This is underlined[/u] This is underlined
Text Size Surround text with [size=X] and [/size] (replace X with the desired size). [size=32]Really BIG![/size] Really BIG!
Colors Surround text with [color=X] and [/color]. X is the desired color, and can be either a recognized color name (such as red), or a hexidecimal color value (such as #FF0000). [color="blue"]This is blue[/color] This is blue
[color=#0000FF]This is also blue[/color] This is also blue
Quoting Surround text with [quote] and [/quote]. George said: [quote]Hello World![/quote] George said:
Hello World!
Fixed-width text Surround text with [code] and [/code]. [code]cout << "boo"[/code] cout << "boo"

Lists

Effect Syntax Examples
What you type What you get
Unordered List Surround your list with [list] and [/list], and begin each list item with [*]. Please cast your vote:
[list]
[*] Bush
[*] Kerry
[*] Other guy
[/list]		 Please cast your vote:
  • Bush
  • Kerry
  • Other guy
Ordered List Surround your list with [list=X] and [/list], and begin each list item with [*]. Substitute one of the following values for X to determine the numbering/lettering used before each item:
  • 1: Numbers
  • A: Uppercase letters
  • a: Lowercase letters
  • I: Uppercase Roman numerals
  • i: Lowercase Roman numerals
 Here are my 3 favorite colors:
[list=1]
[*] Red
[*] Orange
[*] Turquoise
[/list]		 Here are my 3 favorite colors:
  1. Red
  2. Orange
  3. Turquoise
Tomorrow's To-do list:
[list=i]
[*] Wake up
[*] Eat breakfast
[*] Start fire
[*] Run really fast
[/list]		 Tomorrow's To-do list:
  1. Wake up
  2. Eat breakfast
  3. Start fire
  4. Run really fast

Links

Effect Syntax Examples
What you type What you get
Website Link Surround the website URL with [url] and [/url] to display a link to that website. Make sure you include the http:// before the URL! [url]http://en.wikipedia.org[/url] http://en.wikipedia.org
You can create a link with text of your choosing by surrounding the text with [url=X] and [/url], where X is the website URL. [url=http://www.google.com]Search the Web[/url] Search the Web
E-Mail Address Surround the e-mail address with [email] and [/email]. [email]umyakelj@cc.umanitoba.ca[/email] umyakelj@cc.umanitoba.ca
As with website links, the e-mail link can have text of your choosing by surrounding the text with [email=X] and [/email], where X is the e-mail address. [email=umyakelj@cc.umanitoba.ca]e-mail me[/email] e-mail me

Images

Effect Syntax Examples
What you type What you get
Images Surround the URL of the image with [img] and [/img]. [img]http://q17.cjb.net/monkey.jpg[/img] monkey.jpg
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