How to code selective quotes, and other text effects

Mark · 29th June 2005, 09:32 PM

The coding used on the bulletin board -- called HTML -- is pretty simple, once you get the "logic" of it. Everthing is between square brackets, there is a pretty intuitive command for each thing, and the code always ends with the same command preceeded by a backwards slash /

Some examples, changing square to squiggly brackets so you can see it:

image code is IMG, coded {IMG}URL-of-image{/IMG}

link code is URL, coded {URL}address-of-web-page{/URL}

fancy link code is URL=http://www.text-of-the-link.com, then you put in some text that becomes the link, like this. The coding, changing square to squiggly brackets so you can see it, is {url=http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=77}like this{/url} I usually copy the URL from the address box of my browser.

italics command is I, coded {I}text-to-be-italicized{/I}

underline command is U, coded {U}text-to-be-underlined{/U}

bold command is B, coded {B}text-to-be-bolded{/B}

The command can actually be either in capitals or in lower case letters.

Here is a link to a page on the old UBB board, explaining how to add HTML coding to a message, and giving more codes.

29th June 2005, 09:32 PM	#2
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	More HTML coding How-To The coding used on the bulletin board -- called HTML -- is pretty simple, once you get the "logic" of it. Everthing is between square brackets, there is a pretty intuitive command for each thing, and the code always ends with the same command preceeded by a backwards slash / Some examples, changing square to squiggly brackets so you can see it: image code is IMG, coded {IMG}URL-of-image{/IMG} link code is URL, coded {URL}address-of-web-page{/URL} fancy link code is URL=http://www.text-of-the-link.com, then you put in some text that becomes the link, like this. The coding, changing square to squiggly brackets so you can see it, is {url=http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=77}like this{/url} I usually copy the URL from the address box of my browser. italics command is I, coded {I}text-to-be-italicized{/I} underline command is U, coded {U}text-to-be-underlined{/U} bold command is B, coded {B}text-to-be-bolded{/B} The command can actually be either in capitals or in lower case letters. Here is a link to a page on the old UBB board, explaining how to add HTML coding to a message, and giving more codes.