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WHAT IS BBCODE?

BBCode is a simple way to format your entries (like bold text, italic text,
links) in forums.

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© Free usage

> BBCODE WAS IMPLEMENTED AS METHOD OF PROVIDING A SAFER AND EASIER WAY OF
> ALLOWING POSTS TO BE FORMATTED ON FORUMS.

 

EASIER THAN HTML


FORMATTING POSTS

BBCode is short for Bulletin Board Code. It is used as a way for formatting
posts made on message boards, blogs and more. It is similar to HTML in the sense
that in BBCode one does also use tags to format something specific (contained
within the tag). In BBCode tags are indicated by rectangular brackets
surrounding a keyword, which is in turn transformed into HTML before being
delivered to a web browser.


Since its creation, BBCode has been used in many different portals. Any
developer can implement it for free and anyone can use it.

Before BBCode forums sometimes allowed users to include HTML code in their
posts, which had many security issues (i.e. the user could execute javascript
code, break the layout of the site and so on). With BBCode being parsed by the
forum scripts it is easier to control what the user can do and cannot do
(allowing or not allowing specific BBCode tags).

The basic BBCode tags are often very similar across many different forums, but
there are some variants in existence as well.

Sometimes BBCode tags has to be in specific cases (i.e. [b]bold text[/b] will
work, while [B]bold tex[/B] will not). It is also very different as to which of
the more unsafe and/or complex tags that are supported. For instance you cannot
always expect the [img] image tag to be supported as allowing posters unlimited
power to post any picture they like could have some pretty nasty effects.

Reference Table

 

 

More intuitive: Tags rather than code



 

Faster:

Save time when writing

 

More secure:

No intrusive scripts

 



 

Powerful :

Advanced features

 

  We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything
is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in
such a way as to promote that ideal.

Tim Berners-Lee


BBCODE PRINCIPLES

What are the 5 key points I should know about BBCode?

 1. BBCode is a free markup language used to format posts in forums and message
    boards.
 2. BBCode uses a set of tags to format text, images, and other content.
 3. BBCode is similar to HTML, but with a few key differences.
 4. BBCode is easy to learn and use.
 5. BBCode can be used to create simple or complex formatting.

BBCode history

 


 


HELP BUILD BBCODE.ORG

This site is meant to be a resource site for people using BBCode when posting on
web-forums, but it is also meant as a resource for people looking to implement
BBCode in their software products.

Over time we will add new topics and content related to HTML, PHP, programming
and web3 (decentralized internet).

If you feel that you have something to contribute to this site, be it articles,
guides etc. please do not hesitate to contact us (email can be found at the
bottom of the page).



 

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