BB Codes

[Jimaz]

I've been exercising the BB Codes for vBulletin. They all seem to work well. If anyone knows of other or custom BB codes, please add them here.

Here's a sampler:

[b]Bold[/b] yields Bold
[i]Italic[/i] yields Italic
[u]Underline[/u] yields Underline
[color=red]red[/color] yields red
[color=orange]orange[/color] yields orange
[color=yellow]yellow[/color] yields yellow
[color=green]green[/color] yields green
[color=blue]blue[/color] yields blue
[color=violet]violet[/color] yields violet
[color=cyan]cyan[/color] yields cyan
[color=magenta]magenta[/color] yields magenta
[color=black]black[/color] yields black
[color=gray]gray[/color] yields gray
[color=white]white[/color] yields white
[color=Chartreuse]Chartreuse[/color] yields Chartreuse
[color=DarkGreen]DarkGreen[/color] yields DarkGreen
[color=DarkOliveGreen]DarkOliveGreen[/color] yields DarkOliveGreen
[color=DarkSeaGreen]DarkSeaGreen[/color] yields DarkSeaGreen
[color=ForestGreen]ForestGreen[/color] yields ForestGreen
[color=GreenYellow]GreenYellow[/color] yields GreenYellow
[color=LawnGreen]LawnGreen[/color] yields LawnGreen
[color=LightSeaGreen]LightSeaGreen[/color] yields LightSeaGreen
[color=LimeGreen]LimeGreen[/color] yields LimeGreen
[color=MediumSeaGreen]MediumSeaGreen[/color] yields MediumSeaGreen
[color=OliveDrab]OliveDrab[/color] yields OliveDrab
[color=SeaGreen]SeaGreen[/color] yields SeaGreen
[color=SpringGreen]SpringGreen[/color] yields SpringGreen
[color=YellowGreen]YellowGreen[/color] yields YellowGreen
[color=PaleGreen]PaleGreen[/color] yields PaleGreen
[color=Goldenrod]Goldenrod[/color] yields Goldenrod
[color=Gold]Gold[/color] yields Gold
[color=Aquamarine]Aquamarine[/color] yields Aquamarine
[color=CadetBlue]CadetBlue[/color] yields CadetBlue
[color=CornflowerBlue]CornflowerBlue[/color] yields CornflowerBlue
[color=DarkSlateBlue]DarkSlateBlue[/color] yields DarkSlateBlue
[color=DarkTurquoise]DarkTurquoise[/color] yields DarkTurquoise
[color=DeepSkyBlue]DeepSkyBlue[/color] yields DeepSkyBlue
[color=DodgerBlue]DodgerBlue[/color] yields DodgerBlue
[color=SlateBlue]SlateBlue[/color] yields SlateBlue
[color=LightBlue]LightBlue[/color] yields LightBlue
[color=LightSkyBlue]LightSkyBlue[/color] yields LightSkyBlue
[color=LightSteelbBlue]LightSteelbBlue[/color] yields LightSteelbBlue
[color=MediumAquamarine]MediumAquamarine[/color] yields MediumAquamarine
[color=MediumBlue]MediumBlue[/color] yields MediumBlue
[color=MediumTurquoise]MediumTurquoise[/color] yields MediumTurquoise
[color=MidnightBlue]MidnightBlue[/color] yields MidnightBlue
[color=Navy]Navy[/color] yields Navy
[color=PaleTurquoise]PaleTurquoise[/color] yields PaleTurquoise
[color=PowderBlue]PowderBlue[/color] yields PowderBlue
[color=RoyalBlue]RoyalBlue[/color] yields RoyalBlue
[color=SkyBlue]SkyBlue[/color] yields SkyBlue
[color=SteelBlue]SteelBlue[/color] yields SteelBlue
[color=Turquoise]Turquoise[/color] yields Turquoise
[color=Brown]Brown[/color] yields Brown
[color=Burlywood]Burlywood[/color] yields Burlywood
[color=Chocolate]Chocolate[/color] yields Chocolate
[color=Coral]Coral[/color] yields Coral
[color=DarkGoldenrod]DarkGoldenrod[/color] yields DarkGoldenrod
[color=DarkKhaki]DarkKhaki[/color] yields DarkKhaki
[color=DarkOrange]DarkOrange[/color] yields DarkOrange
[color=OrangeRed]OrangeRed[/color] yields OrangeRed
[color=Peru]Peru[/color] yields Peru
[color=RosyBrown]RosyBrown[/color] yields RosyBrown
[color=SandyBrown]SandyBrown[/color] yields SandyBrown
[color=Sienna]Sienna[/color] yields Sienna
[color=Tan]Tan[/color] yields Tan
[color=Tomato]Tomato[/color] yields Tomato
[color=FireBrick]FireBrick[/color] yields FireBrick
[color=Maroon]Maroon[/color] yields Maroon
[color=IndianRed]IndianRed[/color] yields IndianRed
[color=Khaki]Khaki[/color] yields Khaki
[color=BlueViolet]BlueViolet[/color] yields BlueViolet
[color=DarkOrchid]DarkOrchid[/color] yields DarkOrchid
[color=DarkSalmon]DarkSalmon[/color] yields DarkSalmon
[color=DarkViolet]DarkViolet[/color] yields DarkViolet
[color=DeepPink]DeepPink[/color] yields DeepPink
[color=HotPink]HotPink[/color] yields HotPink
[color=Lavender]Lavender[/color] yields Lavender
[color=MediumOrchid]MediumOrchid[/color] yields MediumOrchid
[color=MediumPurple]MediumPurple[/color] yields MediumPurple
[color=LightCoral]LightCoral[/color] yields LightCoral
[color=LightPink]LightPink[/color] yields LightPink
[color=LightSalmon]LightSalmon[/color] yields LightSalmon
[color=MediumVioleTRed]MediumVioletRed[/color] yields MediumVioletRed
[color=Orchid]Orchid[/color] yields Orchid
[color=PaleVioleTRed]PaleVioletRed[/color] yields PaleVioletRed
[color=PeachPuff]PeachPuff[/color] yields PeachPuff
[color=Pink]Pink[/color] yields Pink
[color=Plum]Plum[/color] yields Plum
[color=Purple]Purple[/color] yields Purple
[color=Thistle]Thistle[/color] yields Thistle
[color=Gainsboro]Gainsboro[/color] yields Gainsboro
[color=Bisque]Bisque[/color] yields Bisque
[color=SlateGray]SlateGray[/color] yields SlateGray
[color=NavajoWhite]NavajoWhite[/color] yields NavajoWhite
[color=LightSlateGray]LightSlateGray[/color] yields LightSlateGray
[color=DarkSlateGray]DarkSlateGray[/color] yields DarkSlateGray
[color=DimGray]DimGray[/color] yields DimGray
[color=AntiqueWhite]AntiqueWhite[/color] yields AntiqueWhite
Hexadecimal RGB codes can be used to specify 16,777,216 unique colors.
[color=#808080]rrggbb[/color] yields rrggbb

To be continued....

[thnk2mch]

[color=red]testing in the color red[/red]

[Jimaz]

[size=-2]-2[/size] yields -2
[size=-1]-1[/size] yields -1
[size=-0]-0[/size] yields -0
[size=0]0[/size] yields 0
[size=+0]+0[/size] yields +0
[size=+1]+1[/size] yields +1
[size=+2]+2[/size] yields +2
[size=+3]+3[/size] yields +3
[size=+4]+4[/size] yields +4
[size=1]1[/size] yields 1
[size=2]2[/size] yields 2
[size=3]3[/size] yields 3
[size=4]4[/size] yields 4
[size=5]5[/size] yields 5
[size=6]6[/size] yields 6
[size=7]7[/size] yields 7
[font=Arial]Arial[/font] yields Arial
[font=Arial Black]Arial Black[/font] yields Arial Black
[font=Arial Narrow]Arial Narrow[/font] yields Arial Narrow
[font=Book Antiqua]Book Antiqua[/font] yields Book Antiqua
[font=Century Gothic]Century Gothic[/font] yields Century Gothic
[font=Comic Sans MS]Comic Sans MS[/font] yields Comic Sans MS
[font=Courier New]Courier New[/font] yields Courier New
[font=Fixedsys]Fixedsys[/font] yields Fixedsys
[font=Franklin Gothic Medium]Franklin Gothic Medium[/font] yields Franklin Gothic Medium
[font=Garamond]Garamond[/font] yields Garamond
[font=Georgia]Georgia[/font] yields Georgia
[font=Impact]Impact[/font] yields Impact
[font=Lucida Console]Lucida Console[/font] yields Lucida Console
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]Lucida Sans Unicode[/font] yields Lucida Sans Unicode
[font=Microsoft Sans Serif]Microsoft Sans Serif[/font] yields Microsoft Sans Serif
[font=Palatino Linotype]Palatino Linotype[/font] yields Palatino Linotype
[font=System]System[/font] yields System
[font=Tahoma]Tahoma[/font] yields Tahoma
[font=Times New Roman]Times New Roman[/font] yields Times New Roman
[font=Trebuchet MS]Trebuchet MS[/font] yields Trebuchet MS
[font=Verdana]Verdana[/font] yields Verdana
[highlight]highlight[/highlight] yields highlight



[left]left[/left] yields

left

[center]center[/center] yields

center

[right]right[/right] yields

right

[indent]indent[/indent] yields

indent

[email]j.doe@example.com[/email] yields j.doe@example.com
[email=j.doe@example.com]Click Here to Email John Doe[/email] yields Click Here to Email John Doe
[url]http://www.detroityes.com/mb[/url] yields http://www.detroityes.com/mb
[url=http://www.detroityes.com/mb]DetroitYES Forums[/url] yields DetroitYES Forums
These currently link to the "Welcome to the Sandbox" thread:
[thread]22[/thread] yields https://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=22
[thread=22]Welcome to the Sandbox[/thread] yields Welcome to the Sandbox
I found the thread number by mousing over the "Welcome to the Sandbox" title at http://www.detroityes.com/mb/forumdisplay.php?f=11. The thread number appears in the URL at the bottom of the Internet Explorer window as "?t=22".
These currently link to lobo's second post in the Welcome to the Sandbox thread:
[post]59[/post] yields https://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?p=59
[post=59]OKay, I'll be good. May I borrow your shovel?[/post] yields OKay, I'll be good. May I borrow your shovel?
I found the post number by mousing over the "#2" on the right end of the post title. The post number appears in the URL at the bottom of the Internet Explorer window as "?p=59".




[list][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

• list item 1
• list item 2

[list=1][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

1. list item 1
2. list item 2

[list=A][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

1. list item 1
2. list item 2

[list=a][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

1. list item 1
2. list item 2

[list=I][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

1. list item 1
2. list item 2

[list=i][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list] yields

1. list item 1
2. list item 2

Lists can be nested to create a standard outline format:



Thesis statement: E-mail and internet monitoring; is it really an invasion of the employees' rights in the workplace?

1. Why do over 80% of today's companies monitor their employees?
   1. To prevent fraudulent activities, theft, and other workplace related violations.
      
   2. To more efficiently monitor employee productivity.
      
   3. To prevent any legal liabilities due to harassing or offensive communications.
      
2. What are the employees privacy rights when it comes to EM/S [[Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance) in the workplace?
   1. American employees have basically no legal protection from mean and snooping bosses.
      1. There are no federal or State laws protecting employees.
         
      2. Employees may assert privacy protection for their own personal effects.
         1. Lunch box.
            
         2. Brief case.
            
   2. Bosses believe that work is to be done so privacy is not necessary.
      

A centered, non-clickable photo:



[center][img]http://www.detroityes.com/news/070412/601pics/45052-Livingstone.jpg[/img][/center] yields

A centered, clickable photo:



[center][url=http://www.detroityes.com/news/070412/601pics/201.htm][img]http://www.detroityes.com/news/070412/601pics/45052-Livingstone.jpg[/img][/url][/center] yields

[code]
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
alert[["Hello world!");
//-->
</script>
[/code]
yields

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    alert[["Hello world!");
//-->
</script>

[php]
$myvar = 'Hello World!';
for [[$i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
{
echo $myvar . "\n";
}
[/php]
yields

$myvar = 'Hello World!';
for [[$i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
{
    echo $myvar . "\n";
} 

[html]
<img src="image.gif" alt="image" />
<a href="testing.html" target="_blank">Testing</a>
[/html]
yields

<img src="image.gif" alt="image" />
<a href="testing.html" target="_blank">Testing</a>

A simple quote:
[quote]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...[/quote] yields

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

A quote attributed to an author:
[quote=Jimaz]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...[/quote] yields

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

A quote attributed to the author with a link to his specific post:
[quote=Jimaz;407]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...[/quote] yields

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

I found the post number by mousing over the "#5" on the right end of the referenced post's title. The post number appears in the URL at the bottom of the Internet Explorer window as "?p=407".

To prevent the interpretation of BB codes, enclose them between [noparse] and [/noparse]. That's how I was able to show the code to the left of "yields" in the above examples.

The [attach] tag allows you to render an image at a selected position within your post rather than it appearing as an attachment at the bottom. It will only display attachments that belong to the post in which it is utilized.
[attach]86[/attach] yields Attachment 86

That's all the BB codes I could find. Are there any others?

[thnk2mch]

testing in the color red

[Jimaz]

Crap. The target of that last quote seems to have been deleted. I'll try to redirect it to this one.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ...

[Jimaz]

Cool. It worked.

[Jimaz]

According to MSPaint, the background color here is currently pure white so to do the steganography trick, we'll use [color=#FFFFFF]Bite me, Karl.[/color], yielding Bite me, Karl..
Use Ctrl-A to select all, revealing the hidden text.

[cheddar bob]

I don't think that worked so well, Jim. The text isn't hidden very well.

[cheddar bob]

okay, I see the hidden text now, I just assumed that there was a formatting error because i could see the format code.

[Jimaz]

LOL. I deliberately disclosed the formatting code for educational purposes. The fun begins afterward.

[Roq]

[marquee]not sure if marquee is enabled on this board or not but it's a valid BB code[/marquee]

[Mackenzie68]

Bump so we don't lose this.

[Jimaz]

If we ever do lose this I can repost the original file on request.

Since that test, I learned that the Wingding font is also available so we're not limited just to the fonts listed in the "Reply to Thread" editor.

I read somewhere that it's possible to customize BB codes. We may have more in the future. Something like the \ch{} code on the old board might be useful for generating obscure characters. Too bad that [marquee] code didn't work. I guess that would scroll text?

It's interesting that you can make it look like you're quoting a future post. That might come in handy as a precognition prank on a newbie someday.

The "Reply to Thread" editor does some formatting of the raw code while you're revising so I've found it easier to instead compose messages in MSNotepad then copy&paste them to the editor for preview test. Notepad's Word Wrap mode should be turned off before copying though, I think.

[buzzman0077]

Go Spartans it worked

[Jimaz]

...That's all the BB codes I could find. Are there any others?

In the advanced editor there's a mouse-clickable control for inserting a horizontal line. The BB code for that is "[hr][/hr]."

[hr][/hr] yields:

---

Lorem ipsum

This is useful for separating ideas related enough to be included in the same post but unrelated enough to be conspicuously separated. It's kind of like a mega version of the emdash. I'm guessing the "r" in "hr" stands for "rule."

[Jimaz]

Oops. Maybe this thread should be moved to the sandbox. LOL!

[Brich]

Is there a way to strike through a word?

[Jimaz]

Is there a way to strike through a word?

Not that I know of. These don't do anything:

[strike]test[/strike]
[strikeout]test[/strikeout]
[so]test[/so]

[Jimaz]

According to this, a custom strikeout BB code could be added by the administrators.

[[HTML code is disabled here.)

[Brich]

Thanks for checking that out, Jimaz. [[And also for the other BB info). The only one that I knew of before chancing upon this thread was bold. Now I can use SUPER GIGANTIC WORDS to vanquish my internet nemeses! [[Hope that worked) Thanks again.

[Jimaz]

Not that I know of. These don't do anything:

[strike]test[/strike]
[strikeout]test[/strikeout]
[so]test[/so]

Heh. I didn't try the simplest of all.

[s]test[/s] yields test.