  bbcode or bulletin board code is a lightweight markup language used to format posts in many message boards. the available tags are usually indicated by square brackets ([ ]) surrounding a keyword, and they are parsed by the message board system before being translated into a markup language that web browsers understand&mdash;usually html or xhtml. bbcode was first introduced in 1998 by the messageboard software ultimate bulletin board (ubb). ==tags== {| class="wikitable" | style="text-align: center" | bbcode | style="text-align: center" | example html | style="text-align: center" | rendering |- | [b]bolded text[/b] | bolded text, bolded text or bolded text | bolded text |- | [i]italicized text[/i] | italicized text, italicized text or italicized text | italicized text |- | [u]underlined text[/u] | underlined text, underlined text or underlined text | underlined text |- | [s]strikethrough text[/s] | strikethrough text, strikethrough text or strikethrough text | strikethrough text |- | [url]http://example.org[/url] |align="left"| http://example.org | http://example.org |- | [url=http://example.com]example[/url] | example | example |- | [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/go-home.svg/100px-go-home.svg.png[/img] | | 100px|link= |- | [quote="author"]quoted text[/quote](including optional author) | quoted text(usually implemented in more advanced ways) | to quote:quoted text |- | [code]monospaced text[/code] | monospaced text | monospaced text |- | [style size="15px"]large text[/style](the unit of measurement varies with each bbcode variant and could represent pixels, points, or relative html sizes.) | large text or different text-size (you can set + or - and x is a number representing pixels | large text |- | [style color="red"]red text[/style]or [style color=#ff0000]red text[/style]or [color=#ff0000]red text[/color](both html color names and hexadecimal color values are generally supported, although on some boards, you must omit the # from selecting a hexadecimal color.) | red text, red text, red text, red text |red text |- | :) [:-)] this would be another way to use the [img]url_img[/img] and must be pre-configured for the forum administrator (and other emoticons, depending on the variant. most bbcodes do not enclose emoticons in square brackets, leading to frequent accidental usage) | | [[file:face-smile.svg|24px|:-)|li
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