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vB code is a set of tags based on the HTML language that you may already be familiar with. They allow you to add formatting to your messages in the same way as HTML does, but have a simpler syntax and will never break the layout of the pages you are viewing. The ability to use BBCode is set on a forum-by-forum basis by the administrator, so you should check the forum rules when you post a new message.

Below is a list of the BBCodes you can use to format your messages.

[b], [i], [u]	Bold / Italic / Underline
[color]	Color
[size]	Size
[font]	Font
[highlight]	Highlight
[g=glosstext]	Gloss Text. hover to get popup, click to get inline
[left], [right], [center]	Left / Right / Center
[indent]	Indent
[email]	Email Linking
[url]	URL Hyperlinking
[thread]	Thread Linking
[post]	Post Linking
[list]	Bulleted Lists / Advanced Lists
[img]	Images
[imgw=x]	Images with specified width in pixels
[code]	Code
[php]	PHP Code
[html]	HTML Code
[pre]	unboxed code, preformatted text
[quote]	Quote
[noparse]	Stop BBCode Parsing
[attach]	Attachment
[table] [tr] [td] [tc]	table Table Row Table Cell Table Cell spanning Collumns
[sblock] [spoiler]	spoiler block alternate tag for spoilerblock
[sup]	superscript text
[sub]	subscript text
[o]	overstrike text
Incorrect BBCode Usage: [url] www.vbulletin.com [/url] - don't put spaces between the bracketed code and the text you are applying the code to. [email]myname@domain.com[email] - the end brackets must include a forward slash ([/email])

Bold / Italic / Underline
The [b], [i] and [u] tags allow you to create text that is bold, italic and underlined.
Usage	[b]value[/b] [i]value[/i] [u]value[/u]
Example Usage	[b]this text is bold[/b] [i]this text is italic[/i] [u]this text is underlined[/u]
Example Output	this text is bold this text is italic this text is underlined

Superscript, Subscript, and Overstrike
The [sup], [sub] and [o] tags allow you to create text that is superscripted, subscripted and overstruck.
Usage	[sup]value[/sup] [sub]value[/sub] [o]value[/o]
Example Usage	[sup]this[/sup] text is [sup]superscript[/sup] [sub]this[/sub] text is subscript[/sub] [o]this text is overstruck[/o]
Example Output	^{this[/sup] text is ^superscript _this text is _subscript this text is overstruck}

Color
The [color] tag allows you to change the color of your text.
Usage	[color=Option]value[/color]
Example Usage	[color=blue]this text is blue[/color]
Example Output	this text is blue

Size
The [size] tag allows you to change the size of your text.
Usage	[size=Option]value[/size]
Example Usage	[size=+2]this text is two sizes larger than normal[/size]
Example Output	this text is two sizes larger than normal

Font
The [font] tag allows you to change the font of your text.
Usage	[font=Option]value[/font]
Example Usage	[font=courier]this text is in the courier font[/font]
Example Output	this text is in the courier font

Highlight
The [highlight] tag allows you to emphasize your text.
Usage	[highlight]value[/highlight]
Example Usage	[highlight]this text is highlighted[/highlight]
Example Output	this text is highlighted

Gloss
The [g=glosstext] tag allows you to provide in-text popup glossing of your text.
Usage	[g=glosstext]value[/highlight]
Example Usage	[g="Far Future Enterprises"]FFG[/g]
Example Output	FFE
Notes	Hover over the gloss to have the glosstext pop up as a floating definition. Click on the closstext to have it appear inline; click on the glosstext to make it hide again. Relies upon inline javascript to get the inline mode. Example output is functional.

Left / Right / Center
The [left], [right] and [center] tags allow you to change the alignment of your text.
Usage	[left]value[/left] [center]value[/center] [right]value[/right]
Example Usage	[left]this text is left-aligned[/left] [center]this text is center-aligned[/center] [right]this text is right-aligned[/right]
Example Output	this text is left-aligned this text is center-aligned this text is right-aligned

Indent
The [indent] tag allows you to indent your text.
Usage	[indent]value[/indent]
Example Usage	[indent]this text is indented[/indent]
Example Output	this text is indented

Email Linking
The [email] tag allows you to link to an email address. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[email]value[/email] [email=Option]value[/email]
Example Usage	[email]myname@domain.com[/email] [email=myname@domain.com]Click Here to Email Me[/email]
Example Output	myname@domain.com Click Here to Email Me

URL Hyperlinking
The [url] tag allows you to link to other websites and files. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[url]value[/url] [url=Option]value[/url]
Example Usage	[url]http://www.TravellerRPG.com[/url] [url=http://www.TravellerRPG.com]TravellerRPG.com[/url]
Example Output	http://www.TravellerRPG.com TravellerRPG.com

Thread Linking
The [thread] tag allows you to link to threads by specifying the thread id. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[thread]threadid[/thread] [thread=threadid]value[/thread]
Example Usage	[thread]12345[/thread] [thread=12345]Click Me![/thread] (Note: The threadid/postid is just an example and may not link to a valid thread/post.)
Example Output	http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=12345 Click Me!

Post Linking
The [post] tag allows you to link to posts by specifying the post id. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[post]postid[/post] [post=postid]value[/post]
Example Usage	[post]654321[/post] [post=654321]Click Me![/post] (Note: The threadid/postid is just an example and may not link to a valid thread/post.)
Example Output	http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?p=654321#post654321 Click Me!

Bulleted Lists
The [list] tag allows you to create simple, bulleted lists without specifying an option. Within the value portion, each bullet is denoted by the [*] tag.
Usage	[list]value[/list]
Example Usage	[list] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list]
Example Output	list item 1 list item 2

Advanced Lists
The [list] tag allows you to create advanced lists by specifying an option. The option should have a value of 1 (for a numbered list) or A (for an alphabetic with capital letters list) or a (for an alphabetic with lowercase letters list) or I (for a numbered with capital Roman numeral list) or i (for a numbered with small Roman numeral list).
Usage	[list=Option]value[/list]
Example Usage	[list=1] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list] [list=a] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list]
Example Output	list item 1 list item 2 list item 1 list item 2

Images
The [img] tag allows you to embed images within your posts. You can also combine this tag with the [url] tag to make images become links.
Usage	[img]value[/img]
Example Usage	[img]http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] (Not linked) [url=http://www.vbulletin.com] [img]http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] [/url] (Linked)
Example Output	(Not linked) (Linked)
Images
The [imgw] tag allows you to embed images at specified widths within your posts. You can also combine this tag with the [url] tag to make images become links.
Example Usage	[imgw=15]http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] (Not linked) [url=http://www.vbulletin.com] [img]http://www.TravellerRPG.com/CotI/Discuss/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] [/url] (Linked)
Example Output	(Not linked) (Linked)

Code
The [code] tag switches to a fixed-width (monospace) font and preseves all spacing.
Usage	[code]value[/code]
Example Usage	[code] <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script> [/code]
Example Output	Code: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script>

Quote

The [quote] tag allows you to attribute text to someone else.

Usage

[quote]Quote[/quote]
[quote=User Name]value[/quote]

Example Usage

[quote]vBulletin[/quote]
[quote=John Doe]vBulletin[/quote]
[quote=John Doe;32]vBulletin[/quote]

Example Output

Quote:

vBulletin

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Doe

vBulletin

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Doe

vBulletin

Stop BBCode Parsing
The [noparse] tag allows you to stop the parsing of BBCode.
Usage	[noparse][b]value[/b][/noparse]
Example Usage	[noparse][b]vBulletin[/b][/noparse]
Example Output	[b]vBulletin[/b]

Build Tables

The [table][/table], [tr][/tr], [td][/td], and [tc][/tc] tags allow building HTML tables

Usage

[table]Rows[/noparse]

Usage

[tr]cells[/tr]

Usage

[td]cell content[/td]
[tc=ColumnsWide]cell content[/tc]

Example Usage

[table][tr][td]Col1 Cell 1[/td][td]Col 2 Cell 1[/td][/tr][tr][td]Col 1 cell 2[/td][td]Col2 cell 2[/td][/tr][tr][tc=2]col 1-2 cell 3[/tc][/tr][/table]

Example Output

Col1 Cell 1	Col 2 Cell 1
Col 1 cell 2	Col2 cell 2
col 1-2 cell 3

Caution

Any text outside the [td][/td] tags will show outside the table. This includes (unfortunately) returns. Rowspan has not been implemented.

Spoilers
The [sblock][/sblock] or [spoiler][/spoiler] hiding text so it requires a button press to show the concealed text.
Example Usage	[spoiler]Text to be hidden[/spoiler]
Example Output	Spoiler: Text to be hidden

DiceThere is a dice system installed in the COTI boards.
Usage
[roll]xdy[/roll] [roll]xdy+z[/roll] [roll]xdy-z[/roll] [/roll]	Generates a die-roll using fairly standard dice notations. Note that there is cheating checking on display - once posted, the no rolls can be added or deleted in edit. Deleting generates a BIG cheater notice. Roll notations are altered into a different format.
[rolln]	this is a result tag. It pulls roll n from the result list for that post from the database and displays it. If you add dice rolls to a post where you have quoted someone else's [roll1], their first roll will show up as matching your first roll, rather than actually showing their roll. You do not enter this tag. It replaces the tag you enter.
x	number of dice, and is optional (presumed to be 1 if not included)
y	sides per die, and can be any positive number above 1; it is required.
+z	add z to the total; optional.
-z	subtract z from the total; optional.
[roll]xdybd+z[/roll]	keeps the best d dice
Variations
[roll][/roll]	generates just a total.
[rollv][/rollv]	generates a string showing each die.
[rollo][/rollo]	is like rollv, but each die open ends on it's maximum roll.
[roll][/roll] generates just a total. [rollv][/rollv] generates a string showing each die. [rollo][/rollo] is like rollv, but each die open ends on it's maximum roll.
Example
Code	Sample Output
[roll]4d6[/roll]	(4d6)[20]
[roll]d%[/roll]	(d%)[61]
[roll]7d6b3[/roll]	(7d6b1)[0]
[rollo]4d6[/roll]	(4d6)[2][5][1][2](10)
[rollo]3d%[/roll]	(3d%)[11][44][82](137)
[rollo]7d6b3[/roll]	(7d6b1)[5][1][2][14][1][4][2](21)

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