| Syntax: | Example: | Comment: |
| General Formats: |
| [b]text[/b] | [b]bold text[b] |  | bold text | Everything between [b] and [/b] will be shown in bold letters. |
| [i]text[/i] | [i]italic text[/i] | | italic text | Everything between [i] and [/i] will be shown in italic letters. |
| [u]text[/u] | [u]underlined text[/u] | | underlined text | Everything between [u] and [/u] will be shown in underlined letters. |
| [size=n]text[/size] | [size=4]font size[/size] | |
font size | Replace n with a number from 0 to 7. |
| [color=#rrggbb]text[/color] | [color=#9933CC]font color[/color] | | font color |
Replace rr, gg, and bb with hexadecimal values for the portions of red green and blue for the desired font color. Alternatively, you can use the names of the "named colors".
Example:
[color=saddlebrown]some brown text[/color] some brown text. |
| Special Formats: |
| [quote]text[/quote] | [quote]quoted text[/quote] | | quoted text | A formatting, that helps to distinguish quoted elements. |
| [code]text[/code] | [code]
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
[/code] | |
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
| A formatting that should faciliate reading code segments:
Spaces are preserved an a non-proportional (monospaced) font is used. |
| [html]text[/html] | [html]
<!-- short table code -->
<table
width="100%"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
<tr>
<td class="content">
short table code
</td>
</tr>
</table>
[/html] |
| <!-- short table code -->
<table
width="100%"
cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0"
>
<tr>
<td class="content">
short table code
</td>
</tr>
</table>
|
Works like the [code]-tag, but uses a colored highlighting of HTML-tags, their attributes, normal texts and comments |
| Positioning Formats: |
| [left]text[/left] | [left]left-justified text[/left] | | left-justified text | Justifies the text to the left. Might be of use in right-to-left written languages. |
| [left m]text[/left] | [left 20]left-justified text[/left] | | left-justified text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace n by a number to set the margin. |
| [left l r]text[/left] | [left 50 120]left-justified text[/left] | | left-justified text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace l and r by numbers to set the left and right margin. |
| [center]text[/center] | [center]centered text[/center] | | centered text | Centers the text. |
| [center m]text[/center] | [center 100]centered text[/left] | | centered text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace n by a number to set the margin. |
| [center l r]text[/center] | [center 20 100]centered text[/left] | | centered text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace l and r by numbers to set the left and right margin. |
| [right]text[/right] | [right]right-justified text[/right] | | right-justified text | Justifies the text to the right. |
| [right m]text[/right] | [right 20]right-justified text[/right] | | right-justified text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace n by a number to set the margin. |
| [right l r]text[/right] | [right 120 50]right-justified text[/right] | | right-justified text | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace l and r by numbers to set the left and right margin. |
| [justify]text[/justify] | [justify]Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length.[/justify] | | Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length. | Justifies the text. |
| [justify m]text[/justify] | [justify 20]Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length.[/justify] | | Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length. | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace n by a number to set the margin. |
| [justify l r]text[/justify] | [justify 40 20]Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length.[/justify] | | Some more text will be needed to show the effect of this tag. The width of spaces is altered in order to create lines of the same length. | As above, but with a margin to both sides. Replace l and r by numbers to set the left and right margin. |
| Structural Formats: |
| [hr] | [hr] | |
| Creates a horizontal line. |
| [li]list entry | [li]Item 1 | | Item 1 | Defines a lit entry. Should be placed within [ul] and [/ul] or [ol] and [/ol]. |
| [ul]list entries[/ul] | [ul]
[li]Item 1
[li]Item 2
[li]Item 3
[/ul] | | | Defines an unsorted list. The corresponding entries are defined by [li]-tags. |
| [ol]list entries[/ol] | [ol]
[li]Item 1
[li]Item 2
[li]Item 3
[/ol] | |
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
| Defines an unsorted list. The corresponding entries are defined by [li]-tags. |
| Links: |
| [url]web adress[/url] | [url]vbb.eniki.de[/url] | | vbb.eniki.de | Creates a clickable link to another page. |
| [url='web adress']Name des Verweises[/url] | [url='vbb.eniki.de']versatileBulletinBoard[/url] | | versatileBulletinBoard | As above, but the link can be named this way. |
| [mail]email adress[mail] | [mail]vbb@eniki.de[mail] | | vbb@eniki.de | Creates a clickable link to an email address. |
| [mail='email adress']Name des Verweises[mail] | [mail='vbb@eniki.de']Mail to Holger[mail] | | Mail to Holger | As above, but the link can be named this way. |
| [link=n]text[/link] | [link=13]look at this thread[/link] | | look at this thread | Creates a link to another message on the same board. Replace n with the message's ID. |
| [forum=n]text[/forum] | Look at [forum=1]this[/forum] forum | | Look at this forum | Creates a link to another forum on the same board. |
| [img]adress of image[/img] | [img]faq/images/nature.jpg[/img] | |  | Integrates an image into the message. |
| [img w=x h=y]adress of image[/img] | [img w=76 h=50]faq/images/nature.jpg[/img] | | | As above, but with the image's width and height defined by w and h.
Replace x and y by numbers representing the desired width and height. |
