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✘ What is BBcode?
BBCode or Bulletin Board Code is a lightweight markup language used to format posts in many message boards, such as Metro Atlanta and other forums. The special codes used while posting on forums in place of HTML. The most popular uses that i've seen on this forum is to place pictures in post, to qutoe post, and to make text different colors. This guide will teach you how to do that, and much more.
✘ How to use this Guide
In this guide, we'll be using a lot of brackets and slash marks and thing that you type, but show up different once you hit the post button. With each code, you'll see what you should type before you hit the post,This will be in the white boxes. Just highlight the box to see what's writen in it. Then i'll show you what it'll look like after you post it. In other words, what it'll look like in the thread to everyone else. Also this guide will be divided into sections. The title of each section will be about codes relating to that. For example, 'text codes' will be about codes that will show you how to change your text around, like changing it's colors or bolding or underling text. But some things like links could go under both headers, so the best header is picked.
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✘ Text Codes That MetroAtlanta has a button for
Even if there's a button that you can click on MetroAtlanta that does these things for you, it's always good to know how to do it yourself. Plus, you might not have known there was a button for some of these things, or how to use that button.
◗◗ ❶ :To make bolded text.
type this:
◗◗ ❷:To make italicized text, type this:
◗◗ ❸ :To have underlined text, type this:
◗◗ ❹:To havestrikethrough text,, type this:
Enter text here.
◗◗ ❺ :To align it to the right.
do this:
[align=right]-----------------------------------------------&Text will show up here.[/align]
◗◗ ❻:To align your writing, in the center.
do this:
To do center:
◗◗ ❼ :To align it to the left.
do this:
[align=left]Text will show up here.<-----------------[/align]
◗◗ ❽ :To change the color, to red or blue or whatever.
do this: colors can get complicated because each color has it's own code to it, but some sites reconize the color if you just type in 'color-red'. MetroAtlanta does this, but there are limited amout of colors it reconizes. In the example I used a color code for red ('#cc0011'). To use a color code type in the pound sign (#) after 'color='. Then type in the color code, which you can find Here
◗◗ ❾: To change the size of your writing
do this: Put in the size of your text after size. MetroAtlanta forums support most sizes. Pick a number 9-24 . I used size 24 in the example. To change the size number, look at the grey box and put a number after 'size='.
It will look like this: Enter text here.
◗◗ ❿:Quoting text.
Do this:
It would look like this:
[quote=PUT THE PERSON YOU WANT TO QUOTE HERE]Write what you want to qutoe here. [/quote]
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✘ Link Codes
◗◗ ❶ :Adding a Picture in a post.
↘↘Step One: Find the picture you want to put in your post.
↘↘ Step Two: Get the URL for that picture. If the picture is on your computer then upload it to a photo hosting site like Flickr or Photobucket. Once the picture is on photobucket, there should be the BBcode for it in a yellow bar under or beside the picture. If the picture is on the internet, like on google images, just right click on the picture and copy the URL that's next to the word 'properties'
↘↘Step Three: Once you find your URL, Plug it in to this code. (Right imbetween [ img] and [/ img])
◗◗ ❷:To put a link (also known as URL), you type this:
You click it and it will take you to that link.
◗◗ ❸:To put a link, but have different words show than the actual address, type this:
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✘ Text Codes that don't have a button on MetroAtlanta
◗◗ ❶:Symbols.
You know that 1 next to the 'symbols' word? Did you see those arrows (↘↘)? Those are all called text symbols. They can be your best friend when decorating posts. You'll see me use them a lot. To use them, just copy and paste the symbol on to your post. Here are a couple. To find more, just google 'text symbols'.
☀ ☂ ☐ ☑ ☒← → ↑ ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙☠✄ ☪ ☺
◗◗ ❷:How to write things in a list.
You can replace the * with a +, x, or # to make a square bullet, or you don't have to make a bullet at all, just line up your words nicely.
Do this:
should look like this:
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✘ Quesions?
Did I miss something? Did you not understand? Anything I need to change?
✘ What is BBcode?
BBCode or Bulletin Board Code is a lightweight markup language used to format posts in many message boards, such as Metro Atlanta and other forums. The special codes used while posting on forums in place of HTML. The most popular uses that i've seen on this forum is to place pictures in post, to qutoe post, and to make text different colors. This guide will teach you how to do that, and much more.
✘ How to use this Guide
In this guide, we'll be using a lot of brackets and slash marks and thing that you type, but show up different once you hit the post button. With each code, you'll see what you should type before you hit the post,This will be in the white boxes. Just highlight the box to see what's writen in it. Then i'll show you what it'll look like after you post it. In other words, what it'll look like in the thread to everyone else. Also this guide will be divided into sections. The title of each section will be about codes relating to that. For example, 'text codes' will be about codes that will show you how to change your text around, like changing it's colors or bolding or underling text. But some things like links could go under both headers, so the best header is picked.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
✘ Text Codes That MetroAtlanta has a button for
Even if there's a button that you can click on MetroAtlanta that does these things for you, it's always good to know how to do it yourself. Plus, you might not have known there was a button for some of these things, or how to use that button.
◗◗ ❶ :To make bolded text.
type this:
- Code:
[b]Enter text here.[/b]
◗◗ ❷:To make italicized text, type this:
- Code:
[i]Enter text here.[/i]
◗◗ ❸ :To have underlined text, type this:
- Code:
[u]Enter text here.[/u]
◗◗ ❹:To have
- Code:
[strike]Enter text here.[/strike]
◗◗ ❺ :To align it to the right.
do this:
- Code:
[align=right]Enter text here.[/align]
[align=right]-----------------------------------------------&Text will show up here.[/align]
◗◗ ❻:To align your writing, in the center.
do this:
To do center:
- Code:
[align=center]Enter text here.[/align]
◗◗ ❼ :To align it to the left.
do this:
- Code:
[align=left]Enter text here.[/align]
[align=left]Text will show up here.<-----------------[/align]
◗◗ ❽ :To change the color, to red or blue or whatever.
do this: colors can get complicated because each color has it's own code to it, but some sites reconize the color if you just type in 'color-red'. MetroAtlanta does this, but there are limited amout of colors it reconizes. In the example I used a color code for red ('#cc0011'). To use a color code type in the pound sign (#) after 'color='. Then type in the color code, which you can find Here
- Code:
[color=#cc0011]Enter text here.[/color]
◗◗ ❾: To change the size of your writing
do this: Put in the size of your text after size. MetroAtlanta forums support most sizes. Pick a number 9-24 . I used size 24 in the example. To change the size number, look at the grey box and put a number after 'size='.
- Code:
[size=24]Enter text here.[/size]
It will look like this: Enter text here.
◗◗ ❿:Quoting text.
Do this:
- Code:
[quote=PUT THE PERSON YOU WANT TO QUOTE HERE]Write what you want to qutoe here. [/quote]
It would look like this:
[quote=PUT THE PERSON YOU WANT TO QUOTE HERE]Write what you want to qutoe here. [/quote]
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✘ Link Codes
◗◗ ❶ :Adding a Picture in a post.
↘↘Step One: Find the picture you want to put in your post.
↘↘ Step Two: Get the URL for that picture. If the picture is on your computer then upload it to a photo hosting site like Flickr or Photobucket. Once the picture is on photobucket, there should be the BBcode for it in a yellow bar under or beside the picture. If the picture is on the internet, like on google images, just right click on the picture and copy the URL that's next to the word 'properties'
↘↘Step Three: Once you find your URL, Plug it in to this code. (Right imbetween [ img] and [/ img])
- Code:
[img]YOUR URL HERE[/img]
◗◗ ❷:To put a link (also known as URL), you type this:
- Code:
[url]http://metroatlantaairsoft.darkbb.com/[/url]
You click it and it will take you to that link.
◗◗ ❸:To put a link, but have different words show than the actual address, type this:
- Code:
[url=http://metroatlantaairsoft.darkbb.com/]Enter text here[/url]
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✘ Text Codes that don't have a button on MetroAtlanta
◗◗ ❶:Symbols.
You know that 1 next to the 'symbols' word? Did you see those arrows (↘↘)? Those are all called text symbols. They can be your best friend when decorating posts. You'll see me use them a lot. To use them, just copy and paste the symbol on to your post. Here are a couple. To find more, just google 'text symbols'.
☀ ☂ ☐ ☑ ☒← → ↑ ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙☠✄ ☪ ☺
◗◗ ❷:How to write things in a list.
You can replace the * with a +, x, or # to make a square bullet, or you don't have to make a bullet at all, just line up your words nicely.
Do this:
- Code:
[list][list][list] [*]Cat [*]dog [*] fish [/list][/list][/list]
should look like this:
- Cat
- dog
- fish
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✘ Quesions?
Did I miss something? Did you not understand? Anything I need to change?