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What are BBCodes?
Many of you probably asked yourselves the question: "What actually are BBCodes?" BBCodes are a simple way to format your posts in the forums. They are codes easy to understand. An overview of the available BBCodes and their uses is presented below. Click on one of the BBCodes for an explanation and an example of it.
BBCodes Usage and Examples
»	[B]Text[/B]
»	[I]Text[/I]
»	[EMAIL]name@email.com[/EMAIL]
»	[EMAIL=name@email.de]Name[/EMAIL]
»	[SIZE=3]Text[/SIZE]
»	[QUOTE]This text is quoted.[/QUOTE]
»	[U]Text[/U]
»	[COLOR=#0000FF]Text[/COLOR]
»	[FONT=ARIAL]Text[/FONT]
»	[CENTER]Centered Text[/CENTER]
»	[ALIGN=right]Aligned Text[/ALIGN]
»	[IMG]images/email.gif[/IMG]
»	[URL]http://www.woltlab.de[/URL]
»	[URL=http://www.woltlab.de]WoltLab[/URL]
»	[PHP]Syntax[/PHP]
»	[CODE]Syntax[/CODE]
»	[LIST]Liste[/LIST]

[B]Text[/B]

With this code, you can render the message as bold text.

The code [B]Text[/B] will become Text

[I]Text[/I]

With this code, you can render the message as italic text.

The code [I]Text[/I] will become Text

[EMAIL]name@email.com[/EMAIL]

With this code, you can turn an email address into a link.

The code [EMAIL]name@email.com[/EMAIL] will become name@email.com

[EMAIL=name@email.de]Name[/EMAIL]

With this code, you can turn an email address into a link. (However, you can define the name of the link yourself.)

The code [EMAIL=name@email.de]Name[/EMAIL] will become Name

[SIZE=3]Text[/SIZE]

With this code, you can change the size of the text.

The code [SIZE=3]Text[/SIZE] will become Text

[QUOTE]This text is quoted.[/QUOTE]

With this code, you can insert quoted text.

The code [QUOTE]This text is quoted.[/QUOTE] will become

quote:

This text is quoted.

[U]Text[/U]

With this code, you can render the message as underlined text.

The code [U]Text[/U] will become Text

[COLOR=#0000FF]Text[/COLOR]

With this code, you can change the color of the text.

The code [COLOR=#0000FF]Text[/COLOR] will become Text

[FONT=ARIAL]Text[/FONT]

With this code, you can change the font of the text.

The code [FONT=ARIAL]Text[/FONT] will become Text

[CENTER]Centered Text[/CENTER]

With this code, you can make the text be centered.

The code [CENTER]Centered Text[/CENTER] will become

Centered Text

[ALIGN=right]Aligned Text[/ALIGN]

With this code, you can change the alignement of the text, images, etc. The possible options are "right", "left", "center" and "justify"

The code [ALIGN=right]Aligned Text[/ALIGN] will become

Aligned Text

[IMG]images/email.gif[/IMG]

With this code, you can insert an image.

The code [IMG]images/email.gif[/IMG] will become

[URL]http://www.woltlab.de[/URL]

With this code, you can turn a URL into a link.

The code [URL]http://www.woltlab.de[/URL] will become http://www.woltlab.de

[URL=http://www.woltlab.de]WoltLab[/URL]

With this code, you can turn a URL into a link. (However, you can define the name of the link yourself.)

The code [URL=http://www.woltlab.de]WoltLab[/URL] will become WoltLab

[PHP]Syntax[/PHP]

With this code, you can insert syntax-highlighted PHP code.

The code

[PHP]<?php
phpinfo();
?>[/PHP]

will become

php:

1:
2:
3:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[CODE]Syntax[/CODE]

With this code, you can insert codes (like html).

The code [CODE]!code[/CODE] will become

code:

!code

[LIST]Liste[/LIST]

With this code, you can insert a list which can contain multiple items.

The code

[list]
[*]Item 1
[*]Item 2
[*]Item 3
[/list]

will become

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

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