BBCode tags

The following are the most common BBCode tags available to most modern message boards, and are displayed here with their HTML equivalents. However, it should be noted that the effect of these tags can be changed substantially, and the effect may not be identical on all sites using BBCode.

BBCode	HTML	Effect
[b]bolded text[/b]	<b>bolded text</b> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">bolded text</span>	bolded text
[i]italicized text[/i]	<i>italicized text</i> or <span style="font-style: italic;">italicized text</span>	italicized text
[u]underlined text[/u]	<span style="text-decoration: underline;">underlined text</span>	underlined text
[s]strikethrough text[/s]	<s>strikethrough text</s>	strikethrough text
[url]http://example.org[/url]	<a href="http://example.org">http://example.org</a>	http://example.org
[url=http://example.com]Example[/url]	<a href="http://example.com">Example</a>	Example
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Go-home.svg/100px-Go-home.svg.png[/img]	<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Go-home.svg/100px-Go-home.svg.png" alt="" />
[quote]quoted text[/quote]	<blockquote><p>quoted text</p></blockquote> (usually implemented in more advanced ways)	To quote: quoted text
[code]monospaced text[/code]	<pre>monospaced text</pre>	monospaced text
[size=15]Large Text[/size] (The unit of measurement varies with each BBCode variant and could represent pixels, points, or relative HTML sizes.)	<span style="font-size:12px">Large Text</span>	Large Text
[color=red]Red Text[/color] or [color=#FF0000]Red Text[/color] or [color=FF0000]Red Text[/color] (Both HTML color names and hexadecimal color values are generally supported, although on some boards, you must omit the # from selecting a hexidecimal color.)	<span style="color:#FF0000;">Red Text</span>	Red Text
[:-)] :) :smile: (And other emoticons, depending on the variant)	<img src="Face-smile.gif" alt="">	(Specific image and size vary)

Many message boards include a FAQ with information on how to use their own variants of BBCode. In addition, some bulletin board systems allow administrators to define their own custom BBCodes. This is usually done by asking them to specify the BBCode markup (utilizing variables/wildcards to indicate the user-customizable parts of the code) and then indicating the XHTML replacement which will be substituted for the BBCode.

[edit] External links

• BBCode guide at phpBB.com
• BBCode quick reference
• BBCode extension for Mozilla Firefox
• BBCodeXtra extension for Mozilla Firefox
• HTML::BBCode perl module
• HTML::BBReverse perl module
• Python BBCode implementation
• Dotnet BBCode implementation
• Ruby BBCode implementation

[edit] PHP Implementations

• PECL (PHP extension) BBCode implementation - with configurable C library
• PEAR BBCode implementation
• Recruiting Parser - over 25 tags, bundled smilies and extras
• BBcode2HTML - Free & easy BBcode translation in PHP
• BBCode Parser Class Free BBCode Parser Class written in PHP

[edit] Authoring Tools

• WYSIWYG BBCode Editor - A Free BBCode Editor written in Javascript for PHP.
• BBCode Table Generator Tool
• Pawsoft Fass