This post is simply an informative post for people who aren't aware of some of the nuisances of forum code. I am going to say this again later, but I just want to pound this into your head one more time; don't abuse bbcode, it is damned annoying if you make everything bold, red and underlined. Used moderately bbcode can give your posts character. Just don't get yourself banned.
For the purpose of displaying the bbcode I have left spaces between the brackets. Normally you have no spaces in the code. All code (except where mentioned below) must have a closing delimiter as well. They are the same as the opening code but have a forward slash (/) before the text.
[ b ]Bold text[ /b ] Bold text looks like this. Bold text is great for drawing attention to headers or words you want to stress the importance of. Bold text can be easily abused, so be careful and use it sparingly.
[ i ] Italic text [/i] Italic text looks like this. Italic text is great for drawing attention to the title of a book, movie, or other media. It can also be used to stress things much the same way people use bold, but with less eyesore.
[ quote ]quoted text[ /quote ]Everyone should know this one by now, it is automatically applied if you hit the quote button on the message you want to respond to. You can also do a [ quote=some guy] and have it display the persons name. The Escapist has direct policies about quoting. They are as follows and should already be known to you if you bothered to read the sticky at the top of the forum.
Joe: Quoting. Don't break up a person's post into individual sentences and clauses. It clutters up the page and makes it harder for other users to enjoy the forums. If you wish to respond to a particularly lengthy post, just quote the first paragraph for reference and address the entire post.
[ color=red ]colored text[/color ]This, like above is for drawing attention to a specific word. It can be used in very annoying ways like this ROYGBIV. Not sure if this sort of behavior is banworthy, but be aware that people find it annoying when you use color a lot. There is also another use which is to use the white color tag for spoilers where the users can highlight the text to see what you wrote. For example; at the end of Bioshock ->I cried.<- There is also a dedicated spoiler tag so this isn't necessary use of the color white.
[ img ]= url image goes here [ /img ] The image can be resized by using [ img width=?? height=?? ]input a number where the ??s are, then put the image url here[ /img ]
You can also use the url tag to create hyperlinks with text rather than just displaying the url. [ url=www.yourwebpagehere ] your random text here, hopefully describing the link [ /url ] (thanks Yan-Yan) I spend my days here!
[whisper=Username]Hi![/whisper] Doesn't exist on this forum, sad this one is super fun, it's like gossip that only you, another user, and the moderators can read.
[ spoiler ] spoiler goes here [ /spoiler ] This is probably the most underused bbcode ever. It's polite to use this if you're about to ruin the plot of a book/game/pornographic movie.
Spoiler: Click to View
Spoilers can also have text in the spoiler block. [ spoiler=text in the spoiler box before they click ] text in the spoiler box after they click [ spoiler ]
I don't want the world
Thanks again Yan-Yan
[ list ] things you want listed separated with CR (carriage return) [/list ]
Milk eggs angry midget
There are many other bbcodes available but these are the most useful and commonly used. Feel free to post your own or correct any mistakes I may have made during this presentation.
EDIT: My apologies, this was posted on the wrong forum. I have asked an admin to move it to the off-topic discussion.
Small nitpick, but those are slashes, not backslashes. Backslashes are the things used in command-line operating systems to demarcate directories, as in c:\dos\run. HTML, on the other hand, uses slashes, which go the other direction, as in < /toast >.
While I'm here, let me test a thing...
Hah! It works! If you use [ img height=xx width=yy ] instead of just [ img ] then you can resize any image to whatever dimensions you want--both parameters, of course, being individually optional. xx and yy, of course, denote the measurements each direction (with pixels as units), and do not need to be in double quotes.
Kaisharga: Small nitpick, but those are slashes, not backslashes. Backslashes are the things used in command-line operating systems to demarcate directories, as in c:\dos\run. HTML, on the other hand, uses slashes, which go the other direction, as in < /toast >.
While I'm here, let me test a thing...
Hah! It works! If you use [ img height=xx width=yy ] instead of just [ img ] then you can resize any image to whatever dimensions you want--both parameters, of course, being individually optional. xx and yy, of course, denote the measurements each direction (with pixels as units), and do not need to be in double quotes.
Clicking the link will take you to the web site I used, which has this actual quote: "Wii is just the latest target-a fuzzy, pink, cuddly little target with big eyes and a squeaky voice that just makes you want to eat it up."
Oh oh, and I just found out that Spoilers can be done up the same way as Links can: [ spoiler=text in the spoiler box before they click ] text in the spoiler box after they click [ spoiler ]
Careful, this Spoiler is about Harry Potter!
To see any of these in action (what the person actually typed to get the results, if you wanted to see what exact color they used because it would match your eye shadow perfectly, for example, you could simply hit the quote button, and it would put exactly what they typed in your 'Reply to Thread' box so you can dig through and see what they did to get what they got.
Though to be fair, I DID mention that in the paragraph directly above my nesting spoilers fun. It is silly fun though. I was just curious if it could be done like nested quotes, and ta da! It can!
What about putting lines through text like you have crossed a word out? I'm writing a sequel to my retro review and I need to figure out the code for lines through text.
Also, I am stealing that Ace Rimmer gif =P Your awesomeness just took a huge leap up.
Revelo: What about putting lines through text like you have crossed a word out? I'm writing a sequel to my retro review and I need to figure out the code for lines through text.
Yeah, I just PM'd virgil about that. I'll send it to you whenever I get it. That is if it Wilson replies before I tell you.
Revelo: What about putting lines through text like you have crossed a word out? I'm writing a sequel to my retro review and I need to figure out the code for lines through text.
Yeah, I just PM'd virgil about that. I'll send it to you whenever I get it. That is if it Wilson replies before I tell you.
Revelo: What about putting lines through text like you have crossed a word out? I'm writing a sequel to my retro review and I need to figure out the code for lines through text.
If you're talking about this that kind of thing, that would be [s] and [ /s], without that space of course.
That's my help for the day.
[EDIT] The color system also allows for hex code. Abuse of this by perfectly matching the Escapist page color is almost certain to bring down the wrath of the BanHammer.
There's also Header tags, image captions, inline images, and so on and so forth. There's tables too, but those take a lot of effort for a little payoff.
EDIT: Dammit I just participated in a year long necro didn't I? Bugger me...
xitel: There's also Header tags, image captions, inline images, and so on and so forth. There's tables too, but those take a lot of effort for a little payoff.
EDIT: Dammit I just participated in a year long necro didn't I? Bugger me...
This post is simply an informative post for people who aren't aware of some of the nuisances of forum code. I am going to say this again later, but I just want to pound this into your head one more time; don't abuse bbcode, it is damned annoying if you make everything bold, red and underlined. Used moderately bbcode can give your posts character. Just don't get yourself banned.
For the purpose of displaying the bbcode I have left spaces between the brackets. Normally you have no spaces in the code. All code (except where mentioned below) must have a closing delimiter as well. They are the same as the opening code but have a forward slash (/) before the text.
[ b ]Bold text[ /b ]
Bold text looks like this. Bold text is great for drawing attention to headers or words you want to stress the importance of. Bold text can be easily abused, so be careful and use it sparingly.
[ i ] Italic text [/i]
Italic text looks like this.
Italic text is great for drawing attention to the title of a book, movie, or other media. It can also be used to stress things much the same way people use bold, but with less eyesore.
[ quote ]quoted text[ /quote ]Everyone should know this one by now, it is automatically applied if you hit the quote button on the message you want to respond to. You can also do a [ quote=some guy] and have it display the persons name. The Escapist has direct policies about quoting. They are as follows and should already be known to you if you bothered to read the sticky at the top of the forum.
[ color=red ]colored text[/color ]This, like above is for drawing attention to a specific word. It can be used in very annoying ways like this ROYGBIV.
Not sure if this sort of behavior is banworthy, but be aware that people find it annoying when you use color a lot. There is also another use which is to use the white color tag for spoilers where the users can highlight the text to see what you wrote.
For example; at the end of Bioshock ->I cried.<- There is also a dedicated spoiler tag so this isn't necessary use of the color white.
[ img ]= url image goes here [ /img ] The image can be resized by using [ img width=?? height=?? ]input a number where the ??s are, then put the image url here[ /img ]
[ url ]your url goes here [ /url ]
www.escapistmagazine.com
You can also use the url tag to create hyperlinks with text rather than just displaying the url. [ url=www.yourwebpagehere ] your random text here, hopefully describing the link [ /url ]
(thanks Yan-Yan)
I spend my days here!
[whisper=Username]Hi![/whisper] Doesn't exist on this forum, sad this one is super fun, it's like gossip that only you, another user, and the moderators can read.
[ spoiler ] spoiler goes here [ /spoiler ] This is probably the most underused bbcode ever. It's polite to use this if you're about to ruin the plot of a book/game/pornographic movie.
Spoiler: Click to View
Spoilers can also have text in the spoiler block.
[ spoiler=text in the spoiler box before they click ] text in the spoiler box after they click [ spoiler ]
I don't want the world
Thanks again Yan-Yan
[ list ] things you want listed separated with CR (carriage return) [/list ]
Milk
eggs
angry midget
There are many other bbcodes available but these are the most useful and commonly used. Feel free to post your own or correct any mistakes I may have made during this presentation.
EDIT: My apologies, this was posted on the wrong forum. I have asked an admin to move it to the off-topic discussion.