BB Code

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BB Code

BB Code is an abbreviation for Bulletin Board Code. It is a lightweight markup language used to format posts in many forums.

How and Why BB Code? 

The available tags are usually indicated by rectangular brackets surrounding a keyword, and they are parsed by the message board system before being translated into a markup language that web browsers understand.

BBCode was devised to provide a safer, easier and more limited way of allowing users to format their messages. Programmer convenience was certainly another factor, as BBCode is very simple to implement.

Previously, many message boards allowed the users to include HTML formatting, a side effect of which was that malformed HTML could disrupt the entire page's layout.

Although the basic tags of BBCode are similar in most internet forum software, there is currently no standards document for BBCode and there are consequently many incompatible variants. Some variants are case-sensitive while others are not.

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BBCode Tags 

The following are the most common BBCode tags available to most modern message boards. However, it should be noted that the effect of these tags can be changed substantially, and the effect may not be identical on all sites using BBCode.
  • [b]bolded text[/b]
  • [i]italicized text[/i]
  • [u]underlined text[/u]
  • [url]http://www.squidoo.com[/url]
  • [url=http://www.squidoo.com]Squidoo[/url]
  • [img]http://www.squoogle.com/themes/kosmos/images/logo.gif[/img]
  • [quote]quoted text[/quote]
  • [code]monospaced text[/code]
  • [size=15]Large Text[/size]
  • [color=red]Red Text[/color]
  • [color=#FF0000]Red Text[/color]

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