Disclaimer: I am not, and do not claim to be, any sort of a "pro".
So, you've been using the forums and maybe bolding text, inserting links, or placing content inside spoiler tags. In other words, applying BBCode in your posts. It's a rather nifty feature, but it can go wrong. One of the most common issues (one that often happens to me as well) is bold/italic/underline failing to "close" properly and continuing all the way to the end of the post.
This is a quick guide to basic BBCoding, demonstrating the most common functions and how to use them manually. I find it's sometimes fun to not use the buttons in the message editor and insert all formatting using my keyboard instead.
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First off, the cog button in the message editor lets you see your post in its 'raw' form; all the applied BBCode will be shown as text.
NOTE: Codes are case insensitive. I always use lowercase when manually coding because it's easier. If you use the editor buttons (like I did with that disclaimer) it always puts everything in uppercase.
1. Basic formatting
Example 1.
Example 2.
Example 3.
2. Links
Links work as basic copy/pastes: https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?forums/community/
Stylish links like this:
You can insert links without the https:// at the beginning. This is useful for preventing YouTube/Twitter/Reddit links from embedding.
Here's an example link without the https:// :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk (it's the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 2019 trailer)
3. Additional formatting
Simply leave out the ="Spoiler" to get a spoiler without a title.
Also works without the quotation marks; =Spoiler will work just fine.
Strikethrough!
4. Smileys
All of the emotes have their codes that can be used to manually add them. For example:
is
is
You can see the emotes' codes by hovering over the emotes in a message, or in the editor.
5. Lists
6. Images
Uploaded images cannot be inserted without using the editor tool. Images with a URL, however, can be manually coded in.
You'll need the image's URL that contains the filetype (usually .jpg or .png), and then simply put that inside [ img ] tags (no spaces). For example:
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You've reached the end of this mini guide; like I said, it only covers the basics. If it was useful, great. Even if it wasn't useful, thanks for reading!
So, you've been using the forums and maybe bolding text, inserting links, or placing content inside spoiler tags. In other words, applying BBCode in your posts. It's a rather nifty feature, but it can go wrong. One of the most common issues (one that often happens to me as well) is bold/italic/underline failing to "close" properly and continuing all the way to the end of the post.
This is a quick guide to basic BBCoding, demonstrating the most common functions and how to use them manually. I find it's sometimes fun to not use the buttons in the message editor and insert all formatting using my keyboard instead.
---
First off, the cog button in the message editor lets you see your post in its 'raw' form; all the applied BBCode will be shown as text.
NOTE: Codes are case insensitive. I always use lowercase when manually coding because it's easier. If you use the editor buttons (like I did with that disclaimer) it always puts everything in uppercase.
1. Basic formatting
[b]Example 1.[/b]
Example 1.
[i]Example 2.[/i]
Example 2.
[u]Example 3.[/u]
Example 3.
2. Links
Links work as basic copy/pastes: https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?forums/community/
Stylish links like this:
[url=https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?forums/community/]Community forum.[/url]
You can insert links without the https:// at the beginning. This is useful for preventing YouTube/Twitter/Reddit links from embedding.
Here's an example link without the https:// :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk (it's the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 2019 trailer)
3. Additional formatting
[spoiler="Spoiler"]You found me![/spoiler]
You found me!
Also works without the quotation marks; =Spoiler will work just fine.
[quote]Quote[/quote]
You can also doQuote
[quote=You]Quoted text.[/quote]
to get
Doesn't have to be 'You' as the "name"; that's just an example.You said:Quoted text.
[s]Strikethrough![/s]
4. Smileys
All of the emotes have their codes that can be used to manually add them. For example:
is
:think:
is
:cool:
You can see the emotes' codes by hovering over the emotes in a message, or in the editor.
5. Lists
[list][*]An
[*]unordered
[*]list.[/list]
- An
- unordered
- list.
[list=1][*]An
[*]ordered
[*]list.[/list]
- An
- ordered
- list.
6. Images
Uploaded images cannot be inserted without using the editor tool. Images with a URL, however, can be manually coded in.
You'll need the image's URL that contains the filetype (usually .jpg or .png), and then simply put that inside [ img ] tags (no spaces). For example:
[img]https://www.randomlists.com/img/things/candle.jpg[/img]
to get---
You've reached the end of this mini guide; like I said, it only covers the basics. If it was useful, great. Even if it wasn't useful, thanks for reading!