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What is "BB Code"?

BB stands for "Bulletin Board". BB Code was first created in February 1998, and was used in the forum software UBB v3.0. It allows people who don't know about HTML to still manipulate the way their text will look on the web. The following table should explain how to use BB Code.

Code Example Output and Explanation

[b]Text[/b] Output: Text
The [b] tag makes text bold

[I]Text[/I] Output: Text
The [I] tag makes text italic

[u]Text[/u] Output: Text
The [u] tag makes text underline

[list]
[*]One
[*]Two
[/list] Output:

One
Two

The [list] defines the outside of a list, and the [*] tag specifies a listed item.

[quote]I have a dream. . .[/quote] Output:
quote:
I have a dream. . .

The [quote] tag is used when you are quoting someone, or maybe text from another website or blog.

[url=http://www.yahoo.com]Yahoo![/url] [url]www.emoblog.com[/url] Output:
Yahoo!
aeonity.com
The [url] tag is used to create links to other webpages. It can be used to link with just a URL, or it can link a url and give text also.

[img]http://www.emoblog.com/images/logo.gif[/img] Output:
You can show an image using the [img] tag.

[font=arial]Text Text Text[/font] Output: Text Text Text
You can define a specific font using the [font] tag.

[color=red]Red[/color] and [color=#0000ff]blue[/color] Output: Red and blue
Using either the name of a color, or an RGB HEX code, you can change the color of some text.

[size=1]size1[/size] [size=2]size2[/size] [size=3]size3[/size] Output:
size1
size2
size3

The [size] tag can change the size of text.

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Code Example	Output and Explanation
[b]Text[/b]	Output: Text The [b] tag makes text bold
[I]Text[/I]	Output: Text The [I] tag makes text italic
[u]Text[/u]	Output: Text The [u] tag makes text underline
[list] []One []Two [/list]	Output: One Two The [list] defines the outside of a list, and the [*] tag specifies a listed item.
[quote]I have a dream. . .[/quote]	Output: quote: I have a dream. . . The [quote] tag is used when you are quoting someone, or maybe text from another website or blog.
[url=http://www.yahoo.com]Yahoo![/url] [url]www.emoblog.com[/url]	Output: Yahoo! aeonity.com The [url] tag is used to create links to other webpages. It can be used to link with just a URL, or it can link a url and give text also.
[img]http://www.emoblog.com/images/logo.gif[/img]	Output: You can show an image using the [img] tag.
[font=arial]Text Text Text[/font]	Output: Text Text Text You can define a specific font using the [font] tag.
[color=red]Red[/color] and [color=#0000ff]blue[/color]	Output: Red and blue Using either the name of a color, or an RGB HEX code, you can change the color of some text.
[size=1]size1[/size] [size=2]size2[/size] [size=3]size3[/size]	Output: size1 size2 size3 The [size] tag can change the size of text.