If you are a new user (or perhaps an experienced user), who is not familiar with "BB Code", below are some examples of what can be done. Most of these have a corresponding icon above, but some of these are pretty easy to use manually as well. You can use the icon to do these things (just hover over the icons above to get a description of which does what), but if you know how to do it manually, it can be equally fast, and sometimes handy when the icon's malfunction (rare, but it does happen).
BB Code always has two parts to it... the open and close. Surprising huh? The open is just the code (for example, if you want to insert an image, the code is "img') wrapped in brackets, and the close is the exact same with the addition of a forward slash. Each of these is wrapped in brackets and surrounds the necessary URL or text. Ensure to not leave any leading, or following, spaces.
In EACH of the below examples, you would simply replace the { with [, and the } with ] to make it work. I must add these, or it will activate the code and you wouldn't get to see it.
IMAGE ADDITION - If you want to add an image, the BB Code is "IMG".
Open = {img}
Close = {/img}
Actual usage would look like {img}insert web URL here{/img}
If I want to use the image at http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QNthcfu5n..._champagne.gif, I would use
{img}http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QNthcfu5nw/T4yCbtkx37I/AAAAAAAAIMo/7ALvaqIwPOw/s320/1246883554_champagne.gif{/img}
If I replace the { or } with [ and ] as necessary, I get
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QNthcfu5n..._champagne.gif
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HIDE TEXT - You can hide text and prevent it from being seen until a user clicks the spoiler button.
Open = {spoiler}
Close = {/spoiler}
Actual usage would look like {spoiler}insert text to hide here{/spoiler}
If I want to hide the text "you can't handle the truth", I would use
{spoiler}You can't handle the truth!{/spoiler}
If I replace the { or } with [ and ] as necessary, I get
Spoiler
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INSERT YOUTUBE VIDEO - You can add a YOUTUBE video. ONLY YOUTUBE is supported at this time, as other video formats wreak havoc on our servers.
Open = {youtube}
Close = {/youtube}
Actual usage would look like {youtube}insert video tag here{/youtube}
If I want to show the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayO1wtXbh_Q&, I would use
{youtube}ayO1wtXbh_Q{/youtube} NOTICE that I am NOT using the URL, but the video tag. This is the text after the "v=" and before the "&"
If I replace the { or } with [ and ] as necessary, I get
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DELETE TEXT - You can delete text by striking a line through it, usually in an attempt at comedy, sarcasm, etc...
Open = {del}
Close = {/del}
Actual usage would look like {del}insert text to be "deleted" here{/del}
If I want to say "Look at all the pretty flowers", but want to replace pretty with ugly, I would use
Look at all the {del}pretty{/del}ugly flowers.
If I replace the { or } with [ and ] as necessary, I get
Look at all theprettyugly flowers.
Yes, you could simply erase the text and replace it with the text you want, but sometimes you might want to convey a sarcastic tone. I would expect that some of youdim bulbs will never figure out how to use thisregular users will figure out a way to use it.
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MP3 PLAYER - You can insert a mini MP3 player, if you need to convey a sound, etc...
Open = {mp3}
Close = {/mp3}
Actual usage would look like {mp3}insert URL to MP3 file here{/mp3}
If I want to use http://songs1.djmaza.com/music/Singles/Boom%20Boom%20(Ajab%20Gazab%20Love)%20-%20Mika%20Singh%20(Official%20Single)%20-%20190Kbps%20%5BDJM%5D.mp3, I would use
{mp3}http://songs1.djmaza.com/music/Singles/Boom%20Boom%20(Ajab%20Gazab%20Love)%20-%20Mika%20Singh%20(Official%20Single)%20-%20190Kbps%20%5BDJM%5D.mp3{/mp3}
If I replace the { or } with [ and ] as necessary, I get
BOLLYWOOD FTW!!
