Updated 'How To?' FAQ, ... a refresher Options

[Revan]

For informative purposes, brackets [] will be replaced by parentheses ().

When posting in a thread, there is an inline toolbar above the text box that can be used to access most of the available posting options.

Many tags, such as the quote, spoiler and alignment tags, automatically create page breaks after they are closed.

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To BOLD text:

(b) text (/b)

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To ITALICIZE text:

(i) text (/i)

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To UNDERLINE text:

(u) text (/u)

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To STRIKEOUT text:

(s) text (/s)

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To post an hyperlink:

(url=full web address) text to be used as link (/url)

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To insert an image, linked from another site (such as photobucket):



(img)full image URL(/img)

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To link an e-mail address (which will activate your computer's default e-mail program):

(email)emailaddress@hotmail.com(/email)

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To wrap text in a quote:

(quote=Mark Twain)
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
(/quote)

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

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To wrap text in a spoiler box:

(spoiler)
Something happened in an episode you have not yet seen!
(/spoiler)

Battlestar Galactica S04E08 Sine Qua Non:

» Click to Show Spoiler «

Caprica Six is pregnant with Tigh's baby

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To create a numbered list:

1. First list item, which in html would be <OL> and then <LI> and then </OL> at the end.
2. Second list item
3. Third...
4. Fourth...

(list=1)
(*)Blah blah blah
(*)
(*)
(/list)

To create bullets:

• First bullet
• Second...
• Third...

(list)
(*)bullet
(*)Another bullet
(/list)

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To center align text (much like in html):

It is floating!

(center)Float for me...(/center)

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To right align text:

Hug the right wall please.

(right)right aligned text(/right)

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Light aligned:

The default alignment.

(left)default(/left)

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To

indent text

(indent)text(/indent)

I do not fully understand the purpose of that BBcode tag...

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If anybody has any further questions, please feel free to post in this thread, or contact a moderator for assistance.

[Janos]

What's a bracket? And what does all this stuff do?

[Revan]

What's a bracket? And what does all this stuff do?

The thing you stick your... oh wait, no that's not it... ()?

It makes pretty colors!